Aren't they both fruits?
2007-01-30 12:16:50 · 12 answers · asked by D.L. Miller 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Don't know, thier both fruit. Apples are red, orange is a close color to red. Both grow on trees, have inedible seeds on the inside, both make tasty juice. Hmmm...oranges grow better in the south and apples north, most people don't eat orange skins but eat apple. Thoughtful question.
2007-01-30 12:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by princessforever1 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The term "apples and oranges" mainly refers to the difference in the characteristics of the 2 fruits when compared to each other.
Yes, they may be both fruits, but that is were the things in common the 2 fruits may have ends.
The phrase usually begins with comparing "apples to apples" and not "apples to oranges"
2007-01-30 12:28:13 · answer #2 · answered by mrandersen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not usually in reference to things with nothing in common, rather to things with something in common...as other people have indicated, apples and oranges are both fruit, so they have that fact in common.
If you want to use an expression for two completely different things, try "chalk and cheese". There is NOTHING similar between these two substances! one you can eat, the other you can't. One has a soft and silky texture, the other is gritty and hard. One is white, the other yellow.
"They're as different as chalk and cheese"....
can't think of an example for apples and oranges right now...sorry....
love and light,
Jarrah
2007-01-30 13:07:45 · answer #3 · answered by jarrah_fortytwo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are both fruits. But that's just the point. They are both fruits, but that's where the similarity ends. They look and taste different, they grow in very different climates, they have different nutritional values. When someone says you are comparing apples to oranges, they mean that you are comparing two things that at first glance seem similar, but are really very different.
2007-01-30 14:48:35 · answer #4 · answered by PDY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are basically going for two objects with totally different characteristics though they both are fruits but obviously have different attributes but in essence are the same. That's why it's analogy, it's shows the difference of two objects in a more clearer form. Analogies tend to suggest that existing similarities imply even more similarities.
I hope this helps.
2007-01-30 12:30:54 · answer #5 · answered by yahabibi_s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, yes, they are fruits. But they are so completely different that using them to describe things in common works. However, if it bothers you to apple and orange, why not say " up and down."
as ... those two people are up and down.
2007-01-30 12:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And that's all they have in common. Well, and they're both round.
The analogy is supposed to be used when comparing two basically similar things which are otherwise dissimilar in every other way. If it's not being used this way, then it's being used incorrectly.
2007-01-30 12:23:08 · answer #7 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 06:08:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe this illustrates the phrase's true meaning: getting out of having to answer the question!
2007-01-30 12:21:51 · answer #9 · answered by pacman1381 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples_and_oranges
2007-01-30 13:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋