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Apples and oranges In english explanation
The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "apples and oranges", English Idiom Dictionary (also found in Vietnamese)
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Meaning of Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges binomial
Used to refer to two objects or people that are very different
Although they are brothers, they are like apples and oranges.
These restaurants are apples and oranges, so we cannot compare them.
Origin of Apples and oranges
The idea of this metaphor came from the difference of apples and oysters, which was first recorded in John Ray's proverb collection of 1670.
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