On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 03:06:56PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >[0] german saying translated, does this exist in english? > > It's apples and oranges in English, but yes. Not the same thing. That one expands to "Do not complain that your apple makes a poor orange", or some variation on the theme. It is not meant to imply that the two things cannot be compared - rather, it indicates that the _goals_ are different, and that this is the reason for the observed difference. Equivalent would be "Yes, they are different, and your point is...?". If the German variation really does mean "These things cannot be fairly compared", then that would explain a lot of confusion I have seen regarding this idiom. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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