Sentence examples similar to proverbial comparisons from inspiring English sources

If through any number of mechanisms and internal processes, a patients' understanding or perception of the construct under evaluation changes over time then comparison of two longitudinal assessments may be analogous to comparison of the proverbial apple and orange.

It is the proverbial apples vs. oranges, and the comparison has always been unfair – the more so as we see Obama's actions as president.

Rogers Canada has let the proverbial ninja out of the dojo by posting a "comparison chat" of multiple iPhone models, including the elusive 8GB 3GS.

I stuck out the first song, Among the Sef, just to prove to myself that I could, but it was hard going – the proverbial nails down a blackboard would have been melodious by comparison.

As earth-shattering as his confession had been for me, pulling the proverbial rug out from under my world, Bruce's struggle made mine pale in comparison.

By comparison, it makes the 1973 oil shock (when prices quadrupled in just months) look like the proverbial molehill.

The proverbial blank slate".

The title became proverbial.

Are we the proverbial chopped liver?

BEE hives are proverbial models of order.

This is the proverbial black swan.