oranges

Idioms and Phrases

see apples and oranges .

Example Sentences

Duarte owns a small plot of land where she grazes cattle and grows beans, maize, bananas, and oranges.

From The Daily Beast

Comparing scotch blends with malts is like comparing apples and oranges.

From The Daily Beast

Admittedly, this argument verges on comparing apples to oranges.

From The Daily Beast

At best, contrasting the campaign to the government was akin to “comparing apples and oranges.”

From The Daily Beast

Comparing Iraq and Afghanistan with Syria is apples and oranges, Kaufman argued.

From The Daily Beast

The midshipmen found more oranges, and better than they had yet met with, and did full justice to them.

From Project Gutenberg

The parrot was so well pleased with his visitors, and talked so fast, that a boy with oranges to sell, came behind to listen.

From Project Gutenberg

He promised to eat up in one hour all the figs and all the oranges and all the lemons in the King's orchards.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, if he is— He yielded to the good impulse, softly placed three oranges in line, and withdrew on tiptoe.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile, Pizarro was amusing himself by eating oranges which were showered on him by his admirers on the benches.

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