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Like apples and oranges

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02br 00From Wikipedia:02br 02br 00LIKE APPLES AND ORANGES02br 02br 00The idiom is not unique. " something else which can be "des pommes de terre", "des navets" or "des choux". " In some other languages the term for "orange" derives from "apple", suggesting not only that a direct comparison between the two is possible, but that it is implicitly present in their names.

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  • 02br 00From Wikipedia:02br 02br 00LIKE APPLES AND ORANGES02br 02br 00The idiom is not unique.
  • " something else which can be "des pommes de terre", "des navets" or "des choux".
  • " In some other languages the term for "orange" derives from "apple", suggesting not only that a direct comparison between the two is possible, but that it is implicitly present in their names.
  • Fruit other than apples and oranges can also be compared; for example, apples and 05400 are compared in 05500, 05600, 05700, 05800, 05900, 051000, 051100, 051200, 051300 and 051400.
  • However, apples are actually more closely related to pears — both are 01i 051502i 00 — than to oranges.
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00The idiom is not unique. In 05000 05100 it may take the form "comparer des pommes avec des oranges" while in european French the idiom hesitates between "additionner des carottes et..." something else which can be "des pommes de terre", "des navets" or "des ch
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