you can't compare apples and oranges

you can't compare apples and oranges
you can't compare ˌapples and ˈoranges idiom
(NAmE) it is impossible to say that one thing is better than another if the two are completely different

They are both great but you can't compare apples and oranges.

No, you're trying to compare apples and oranges.

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