with pears and apples

[colombian boy]

hello!
I have read an expresion and I am not really sure about if it is a real expresion in english, here it goes:"with pears and apples", I saw that in a context of an explanation, but it wants to mean something about make something more clear, doesnt it?
If so in colombia we say: " ¿quieres que te lo explique con plastilina?"
Thanks for all your help!

 

[funnydeal]

hello!
I have read an expresion and I am not really sure about if it is a real expresion in english, here it goes:"with pears and apples", I saw that in a context of an explanation, but it wants to mean something about make something more clear, doesnt it?
If so in colombia we say: " ¿quieres que te lo explique con plastilina?"
Thanks for all your help!

I don't think it is an expression used in English.

- ¿Quieres que te lo explique con peras y manzanas?

- No entiendo las leyes de física, necestio que alguien me lo explique con peras y manzanas

 

[lauranazario]

hello!
I have read an expresion and I am not really sure about if it is a real expresion in english, here it goes:"with pears and apples", I saw that in a context of an explanation, but it wants to mean something about make something more clear, doesnt it?
If so in colombia we say: " ¿quieres que te lo explique con plastilina?"
Thanks for all your help!

Quizás lo escuchaste en este contexto: en inglés, cuando se quiere indicar que alguien hace una comparación injusta o incorrecta, se dice "You are comparing apples and oranges" (o simplemente, "That's apples and oranges!").

Ahora bien, en español, recurriríamos a una frase parecida (pero cambiando las frutas): "¡Estás comparando peras con manzanas!"

No es para confundirte, pero acá en Puerto Rico utilizamos una variante para espresar la misma idea: "¡Eso es comparar chinas (naranjas) y botellas!"

 

[calzetin]

the only thing I can tell about it is that some British use "apple and pears" as a synonym for "stairs". That's what they call "cockney"

 

[CichoDeCines]

Esta un frase "esta como manzanas y naranjas," (that's like apples and oranges) cuando personas comparan cosas que no son similar.