oranges with oranges

Meaning: (rare,idiomatic)Synonym ofapples to apples.1940, United States, Temporary National Economic Committee,Verbatim Record of the Proceedings, Volume 10, page612:I think you are right in saying it was comparingoranges with orangesor apples with apples.1959, United States, Congress, House, Committee on Ways and Means,Advisory Group Recommendations on Subchapters C, J, and K of the Internal Revenue Code Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session on Advisory Group Recommendations on Subchapters C, J, and K of the Internal Revenue Code, February 24, 25, 26, 27, March 2, 3, and 4, 1959, page659:In other words, we suggest comparing lemons with lemons andoranges with orangesrather than as the advisory group proposal does, lemons with oranges.2014, Georg Northoff,Unlocking the Brain, Volume 1: Coding, page156:If one wants to compare intentions and movements with each other, one, metaphorically speaking, compares apples with oranges rather than apples with apples andoranges with oranges.

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