Submitted 3 weeks ago by Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
In German it’s “to compare apples and pears” which is even more preposterous since they are very closely related.
I’ve always taken it to imply that at a certain number of differences, the comparison isn’t useful anymore, not that there are no avenues of comparison at all.
“This orange isn’t nearly red or crunchy enough to be a good apple.”
I don’t know about you, but I sort all my fruit according to tanginess.
I tend to compare apples to carburetors.
One of them objectively tastes better.
They are very comparable. Both round fruit, often cut into wedges, both can be used to obtain juice.
I think what they saying “don’t compare apples and oranges” is tryingvto convey is that we shouldn’t judge an orange by the standards we judge apples. It would be silly to eat an orange and complain that it wasn’t enough like an apple.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Apples and pears can criss pollinate and can be grown on the same root stock.
iii@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
So does ur mum
NessD@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
chef’s kiss