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
Bulus-Arabic
Shantelleshahn-TEL, shan-TELEnglish (Rare)
Nyx-Greek Mythology
Ulvİ-Turkish
Suraj-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali
Demetriode-ME-tryoItalian, Spanish