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Äpfel mit Birnen vergleichen (idiom)
Äpfel und Birnen vergleichen (idiom)
   to compare apples to oranges (lit., “apples with/and pears”)

Ihn nach nur 14 Tagen zu verurteilen, sei „nicht fair”, denn es würden Äpfel mit Birnen verglichen.
To judge him after only two weeks is “not fair,” because they were comparing apples to oranges [she said].

Related Words:
die Birne pear; light bulb
Das ist gar kein Vergleich. There’s no comparison.

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