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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"My approach really compared apples and oranges"? What does it mean?
Does "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage" mean "My method is very funny. It seems to have very different parts of the body go together to form a clock"?
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Horvath tested the clock's effectiveness by comparing a tissue's biological age to its chronological age. When the clock repeatedly proved accurate, he was thrilled -- and a little stunned.
"It's surprising that one could develop a clock that reliably keeps time across the human anatomy," he admitted. "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage."
More:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131020203006.htm
Context:
Horvath tested the clock's effectiveness by comparing a tissue's biological age to its chronological age. When the clock repeatedly proved accurate, he was thrilled -- and a little stunned.
"It's surprising that one could develop a clock that reliably keeps time across the human anatomy," he admitted. "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage."
More:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131020203006.htm
Top answer
'Comparing apples and oranges' means comparing things that cannot really be compared. I am not sure how that fits into the text you have posted.
- 'Comparing apples and oranges' means comparing things that cannot really be compared.
- I am not sure how that fits into the text you have posted.
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'Comparing apples and oranges' means comparing things that cannot really be compared. I am not sure how that fits into the text you have posted.
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See examples here: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/apples+and+oranges
When scientists compared biological "clocks" in cartilage tissue and brain tissue, they would expect not to find anything in common because these tissues are so different; they are like apples and oranges.
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When scientists compared biological "clocks" in cartilage tissue and brain tissue, they would expect not to find anything in common because these tissues are so different; they are like apples and oranges.
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Thanks.
Does "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage" grammatically mean "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, really compared very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage"?
Does "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage" grammatically mean "My approach really compared apples and oranges, or in this case, really compared very different parts of the body: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney and cartilage"?
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You have the right idea.
They tried the equivalent of comparing apples and oranges, which are things usually incomparable.
They tried the equivalent of comparing apples and oranges, which are things usually incomparable.
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