In German it’s “to compare apples and pears” which is even more preposterous since they are very closely related.
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“This orange isn’t nearly red or crunchy enough to be a good apple.”
Apples and pears can *cross pollinate and can be grown on the same root stock.
So does ur mum
chef’s kiss
I’ve always taken it to imply that at a certain number of differences, the comparison isn’t useful anymore, not that there are no avenues of comparison at all.
I don’t know about you, but I sort all my fruit according to tanginess.