These big state arguments don't hold up in a general election as you're comparing apples and oranges.

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But comparing those numbers is, proverbially, like comparing apples and oranges.

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As a result, this leaves you really comparing apples and oranges.

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But the two were comparing apples and oranges.

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It's like comparing apples and oranges.

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"Comparing the pre- and post- figures is like comparing apples with oranges, " Mr McNulty told MPs during a debate on police funding on 3 February 2010.

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Comparing Yele, which has since closed its doors, to the Timberland and Smallholder Farmers Alliance partnership is like comparing apples to oranges.

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And comparing the two is like comparing apples to oranges.

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Comparing an absence for military service to leaving a career to raise a child and returning is apples and oranges.

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