mix apples and oranges



mix apples and oranges

To combine or compare two different things. You can't compare your job as a nurse to mine as an engineer—that's mixing apples and oranges!
See also: and, apple, mix, orange

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BeritBE-rit (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Sigrun-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Sukarnosoo-KAHR-noIndonesian, Javanese
Muhtar-Turkish
RandellRAN-dəlEnglish
Levon-Armenian