compare apples to oranges

compare apples to oranges

To compare two unlike things or people. Stop comparing apples to oranges—those two companies you're talking about are completely different.
See also: apple, compare, orange
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • apples to oranges
  • apples and oranges
  • A2O
  • chalk and cheese
  • battle of the giants
  • (one, two, three) strikes against (someone or something)
  • cling together
  • come together
  • at opposite poles
  • at each other's throats