mix apples and oranges

To combine or compare two different things. You can't compare your job as a nurse to mine as an engineer—that's mixing apples and oranges!

See also: and, apple, mix, orange

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compare apples and oranges
A2O
compare apples to oranges
apples and oranges, like comparing
like comparing apples and oranges
without compare
compare (someone or something) to (someone or something)
compare (someone or something) with (someone or something)
compare to
compare with

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