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Idiom

oranges with oranges

Meaning

Synonym of apples to apples.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“We must compare these two products oranges with oranges.”

“To see which car is cheaper, you need to compare them oranges with oranges by looking at the same features.”

“The financial analyst insisted that we compare the quarterly earnings oranges with oranges to ensure the data accurately reflects our actual growth.”

Examples

simple

“We must compare these two products oranges with oranges.”

contextual

“To see which car is cheaper, you need to compare them oranges with oranges by looking at the same features.”

complex

“The financial analyst insisted that we compare the quarterly earnings oranges with oranges to ensure the data accurately reflects our actual growth.”

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