Idiom
apples to apples
Meaning
A comparison of items that are similar.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need to compare apples to apples to see which phone is better.”
“To make a fair decision, we must ensure we are comparing apples to apples when looking at these two job offers.”
“The researchers struggled to draw a valid conclusion because the data sets were not apples to apples, making a direct comparison between the two groups impossible.”
Examples
simple
“We need to compare apples to apples to see which phone is better.”
contextual
“To make a fair decision, we must ensure we are comparing apples to apples when looking at these two job offers.”
complex
“The researchers struggled to draw a valid conclusion because the data sets were not apples to apples, making a direct comparison between the two groups impossible.”
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