Rhyming slang all cases, omitting, from the end of the phrase, the secondary rhyming word (which is thereafter implied), making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know. The form that is followed is made clear with the following example. The rhyming phrase "apples and pears" evolved to mean "stairs". Following the pattern of omission, "and pears" is dropped, thus the spoken phrase "I'm going up the apples" means "I'm going up the stairs". The following are further common examples of these phrases: Thus a construction of the following type could conceivably arise: "It nearly knocked
Apples and oranges avec des oranges" (to compare apples and oranges), while in European French the idiom says "comparer des pommes et des poires" (to compare apples and pears). In Latin American Spanish, it is usually "comparar papas y boniatos" (comparing potatoes and sweet potatoes) or commonly for all varieties of Spanish "comparar peras con manzanas" (comparing pears and apples). In some other languages the term for 'orange' derives from 'apple', suggesting not only that a direct comparison between the two is possible, but that it is implicitly present in their names. Fruit other than apples and oranges can also be compared; for