🍏 Apples and Oranges: And Other Analogous Oddities 🍊 description: “A whimsical exploration of clichés and the art of comparing the incomparable, like apples and oranges.” categories:
Fun with Language Clichés tags: language clichés comparisons humor author: “W. T. Wittywords” date: 2023-10-01 Given the Same Circumstances: The Art of Assumption 🤔 Welcome to another episode of “Clichés that Survived the Ages”! Today we’re looking at the phrase “given the same circumstances,” derived from the Latin ceteris paribus, meaning “other things being equal.