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 The only significant differences found were in terms of seeds (the study used seedless oranges), the involvement of Johnny Appleseed, and color. The "Annals of Improbable Research" subsequently noted that the "earlier investigation was done with more depth, more rigour, and, most importantly, more expensive equipment" than the "British Medical Journal" study. On April Fools' Day 2014, "The Economist" compared worldwide production of apples and oranges from 1983 to 2013, however noted them to be "unrelated variables". While references to comparing apples and oranges are often a rhetorical device, references to adding apples and oranges are made in the case