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Choose the correct phrase for the word highlighted in bold. Talking about her current book and her previous bestseller is like comparing appl
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Choose the correct phrase for the word highlighted in bold.
Talking about her current book and her previous bestseller is like comparing apples and oranges.

A.

The two books are completely different

B.

The two books are both about fruits

C.

The two books are equally successful

D.

The two books are very similar

Correct option is A

Option (a) is the correct meaning of the given idiom.
Given Idiom — apples and oranges: comparing two things that are fundamentally different and therefore not directly comparable; any judgment between them would be unfair or meaningless. (Hindi: बिलकुल असमान चीज़ों की तुलना करना).
Example: Judging poetry and physics by the same metric is like comparing apples and oranges.
Other related idioms and their meanings:
· Like chalk and cheese — two things that are very different (बिलकुल अलग)।
· A square peg in a round hole — a person/thing unsuited to its position (अनुपयुक्त स्थिति)।
· Night and day — completely different (आसमान-ज़मीन का अंतर)।
· Apples to apples — a fair, like-for-like comparison (समान चीज़ों की तुलना).

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