Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic Said of a comparison of items that are not comparable.
Examples
“A cash register receipt bearing the imprint of the Albatross Superette lay among the apples and oranges and cracked eggs.”
“The Hermit's eyes glistened as Norah unpacked a bag of apples and oranges as a finishing touch.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘apples and oranges’.
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such and such
alas and alack, apples and oranges, coffee and tea, cream and sugar, father and son, forgive and forget, ins and outs, kith and kin, knit and purl, milk and cookies, mother and daughter, odds and ends and 181 more...
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Siamese Twins - X and/or Y
Collocations with 'and' & 'or'
neither fish nor ..., neither hide nor ..., alive and kicking, all or nothing, an arm and a leg, apples and oranges, back and forth, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and white, blood and guts, bow and arrow and 230 more...
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apple phases/words
how apple is used
apple aphid, apple aphis, apple banana, apple bee, apple berry, apple bit, apple bite, apple blight, apple bloom, apple blossom, apple bobber, apple-bobbing and 132 more...
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Two at a time
Lists of matching or contrasting or complementing pairs
the strait and na..., few and far between, the thick and thin, the ins and outs, safe and sound, hale and hearty, heart and soul, pros and cons, down and out, black and blue, to and fro, spick and span and 56 more...
Tweets
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mollusque Google has now made it possible to compare apples and oranges. May 19, 2008