| 单词 | to compare apples and oranges |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto compare apples and oranges a. apples and oranges: used as the type of two things which are inherently different or incompatible, usually in contexts implying that a given comparison is invalid. Frequently in to compare apples and oranges and variants. Cf. chalk n. 6a. ΚΠ 1922 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. Jan. p. xxiv/2 It is as impossible to add investment banking to commercial banking and get security as it is to add apples to oranges and get peaches.] 1930 Psychol. Rev. 37 160 Psychologists..adding scores in the sub-tests..have been doing something akin to adding apples and oranges. 1958 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 6 Feb. 8/3 d To do so is..like comparing apples with oranges, because the two differ in..philosophy and mission. 1989 New Yorker 9 Jan. 56/3 Comparing the two programs is comparing apples and oranges. 2004 Mojo June 14 It's apples and oranges... Our film is a concert DVD.., and theirs is a feature-length documentary. < as lemmas |
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