(as) odious as a toad

Contemptible or despicable. He seems as odious as a toad, so how he got elected to Congress is beyond me. Anyone in power who has no regard for us common folk is odious as a toad in my eyes. Whoever masterminded this heinous prank is just odious as a toad.

be (as) odious as a toad

To be contemptible or despicable. He's odious as a toad, so how he got elected to Congress is beyond me. Anyone in power who has no regard for us common folk is simply as odious as a toad. Whoever masterminded this heinous prank is just odious as a toad.

comparisons are odious

It is unhelpful, unfair, or misleading to draw comparisons between people or things, especially when done flippantly or inappropriately. Everyone keeps comparing the new streaming service to traditional cable television, but frankly, comparisons are odious. A: "How would you compare Sarah's current boyfriend with her last?" B: "Comparisons are odious, dear. Let's not go down that road." I have always felt that comparisons are odious, especially when it comes to my kids and their lives.

comparisons are odious

To draw an analogy is offensive; one cannot compare apples and oranges fairly. This term was already so well known in Shakespeare’s time that he was able to make a pun—more accurately a malapropism—on it and be sure it would be perfectly understood (“Comparisons are odorous,” says Dogberry in Much Ado about Nothing, 3.5). The earliest reference recorded is from about 1430, and there are equivalents in French, Italian, and numerous other languages.