كيف تنطق "apples to apples"

expression

US

AP-uhlz tuh AP-uhlz

UK

AP-uhlz too AP-uhlz

التعريف

'Apples to apples' is an expression used when comparing two things that are of the same kind or have similar characteristics, making the comparison fair and meaningful.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈæpəɫz/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈæpəɫz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ˈæpəlz/ /tˈuː/ /ˈæpəlz

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

AP-uhlz tuh AP-uhlz

بريطاني

AP-uhlz too AP-uhlz

استمع في السياق

It's important to compare apples to apples when buying a car.

Make sure you are doing an apples to apples comparison between the two products.

We need to keep it apples to apples in our analysis.

This isn't really an apples to apples situation—one job is full-time, the other is part-time.