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Let's come up with a replacement for "comparing apples and oranges."?

Asked by phoenyx (7401points) March 1st, 2010

I’m referring to the idiom/saying of “comparing apples and oranges” when talking about things that are completely different that can’t be validly compared. The problem is that apples and oranges aren’t that different and can be compared in several ways. I think we should come up with a new saying. Here’s mine:

“It’s like comparing Klingon and tofu.”

What’s yours?

I’m going to lurve any answer that makes me laugh or has a poetic quality (e.g. alliteration).

Bonus points: point out a similarity in someone else’s answer.

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32 Answers

sevenfourteen's avatar

it’s like the difference between life and lifeless

…..? (does that work?)
well I can think of hundreds of things you can do when you’re alive vs. if you were a rock

KatawaGrey's avatar

My mom always says, “It’s like comparing apples and sofas.” I agree with you that apples and oranges are too similar so I’ve started using the apples vs. sofas thing. :)

J0E's avatar

red and blue
day and night
boobs and penis’

nikipedia's avatar

Tomatoes and suspension bridges.

Borrowed from The Big Bang Theory:

Stuart: Sheldon, I’m afraid you couldn’t be more wrong.
Sheldon: “More wrong?” Wrong is an absolute state and not subject to gradation.
Stuart: Of course it is. It’s a little wrong to call a tomato a vegetable; it’s very wrong to say it’s a suspension bridge.

jamcanfi74's avatar

grapes and prunes

davidbetterman's avatar

Porsches and dump trucks

hug_of_war's avatar

language is at its greatest when spontaneous.

erichw1504's avatar

Pencils and ice skates

mrentropy's avatar

But.. those two go together like peanut butter and tuna fish.

rebbel's avatar

“It’s like comparing Paris Hilton and Hilton, Paris.”

jfos's avatar

“It’s like comparing earthworms to birthdays.”

lucillelucillelucille's avatar

Meatcake and chocolate?

PacificRimjob's avatar

Liberalism to sanity.

CMaz's avatar

Testicles to Ovaries.

davidbetterman's avatar

It’s like comparing Republicans to intelligent people.

ucme's avatar

Americans & Canadians.

Cruiser's avatar

Meatloaf and fruit cake!

Dentists and Lawyers!

erichw1504's avatar

Dinosaur eggs and fruitcake.

HTDC's avatar

Pepper and salt.
Atheists and theists.
Deserts and oceans.

LuckyGuy's avatar

Palin and Obama.

janbb's avatar

Butt cheeks and mayonnaise.

jfos's avatar

@janbb You’ve never seen butt cheeks that look like mayonnaise?

janbb's avatar

Who you been looking at?

jfos's avatar

Not recently… but I’ve seen some girls with mayonnaise-esque butt/thighs.

mrentropy's avatar

I’ve seen cottage cheese butts.

stratman37's avatar

Yeah, like I heard this comedian on XM radio last night: “looks like they got whacked in the back of the legs with a bag of nickels!”

HungryGuy's avatar

Linux and Windows

filmfann's avatar

Puppies and prune juice.

Blondesjon's avatar

“That’s a fucking ridiculous assertation.”

filmfann's avatar

Hey! Hey! Hey! California has a restriction on that kind of language this week!
Please! Just say frak!

mattbrowne's avatar

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