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oranges
Idioms and Phrases
see apples and oranges .Example Sentences
Duarte owns a small plot of land where she grazes cattle and grows beans, maize, bananas, and oranges.
Comparing scotch blends with malts is like comparing apples and oranges.
Admittedly, this argument verges on comparing apples to oranges.
At best, contrasting the campaign to the government was akin to “comparing apples and oranges.”
Comparing Iraq and Afghanistan with Syria is apples and oranges, Kaufman argued.
The midshipmen found more oranges, and better than they had yet met with, and did full justice to them.
The parrot was so well pleased with his visitors, and talked so fast, that a boy with oranges to sell, came behind to listen.
He promised to eat up in one hour all the figs and all the oranges and all the lemons in the King's orchards.
Well, if he is— He yielded to the good impulse, softly placed three oranges in line, and withdrew on tiptoe.
Meanwhile, Pizarro was amusing himself by eating oranges which were showered on him by his admirers on the benches.
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