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apples and oranges

(idiomatic Category:English idioms#APPLESANDORANGES) A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
Synonyms: chalk and cheese, day and night, night and day

Coordinate terms: apples to apples; apples with apples; apples to apples, oranges to oranges; (rare) oranges with oranges

It's apples and oranges. You can't convert square meters to linear inches.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLESANDORANGES
- 2014 January 17, Kath Murray, “Stop and search in Scotland: record figures need open debate”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 11 June 2022:
  So on the one hand, comparing policing issues in Scotland with what is happening in England may be like comparing apples and oranges.
  Category:English terms with quotations#APPLESANDORANGES
- 2019 June 11, Rory Stewart, “Sustainable Development Goals”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons)‎, column 592:
  In comparing Britain with other countries, it is important to remember that we are not comparing like with like; there is an apples and oranges issue.
  Category:English terms with quotations#APPLESANDORANGES
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see apples,‎ and,‎ oranges.

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mix apples and oranges

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Catalan: pomes amb peres (ca) f pl (literally “apples with pears”)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Chinese:
Mandarin: 風馬牛不相及 / 风马牛不相及 (zh) (fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Czech: hrušky s jablkyCategory:Terms with Czech translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Dutch: appels met peren plCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Finnish: verrata omenoita päärynöihin (literally “to compare apples to pears”)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#APPLESANDORANGES (verb)
French: mélanger des choux et des carottes (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#APPLESANDORANGES, mélanger les torchons et les serviettes (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#APPLESANDORANGES, comparer des pommes et des poiresCategory:Terms with French translations#APPLESANDORANGES
German: Äpfel und Birnen (literally “apples and pears”)Category:Terms with German translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Greek: άλλα τα μάτια του λαγού κι άλλα της κουκουβάγιας (el) (álla ta mátia tou lagoú ki álla tis koukouvágias, literally “the hare's eyes are one thing and the owl's eyes are another”)Category:Terms with Greek translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Hungarian: almát a körtévelCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Italian: mele e pere f pl (literally “apples and pears”)Category:Terms with Italian translations#APPLESANDORANGES, mettere tutto nello stesso calderoneCategory:Terms with Italian translations#APPLESANDORANGES, come il giorno e la notteCategory:Terms with Italian translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tirr li kû û das li kû (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Macedonian: баби и жаби (babi i žabi)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Polish: dwie różne rzeczyCategory:Terms with Polish translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Portuguese: misturar alhos com bugalhos (pt) (literally “to mix garlic and galls”)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Romanian: compara mere cu pereCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#APPLESANDORANGES, compara merele cu perele (literally “apples and pears”)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Russian: му́хи отде́льно, котле́ты отде́льно (ru) (múxi otdélʹno, kotléty otdélʹno, literally “houseflies separately from cutlets/rissoles”)Category:Terms with Russian translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ба̏бе и жа̏беCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLESANDORANGES, кру̏шке и ја̏букеCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLESANDORANGES

Latin: bȁbe i žȁbeCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLESANDORANGES, krȕške i jȁbukeCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Spanish: peras y manzanas f pl (literally “pears and apples”)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLESANDORANGES, peras con manzanas (literally “pears with apples”)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLESANDORANGES, patatas y apichus f pl (literally “potatoes and sweet potatoes”)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLESANDORANGES, no hay punto de comparaciónCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLESANDORANGES (phrase)
Swedish: äpplen och päron (sv) (literally “apples and pears”)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#APPLESANDORANGES
Turkish: elmayla armut (literally “apple and pear”)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#APPLESANDORANGES

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