jmdict 1419210 Active (id#2298344)
どんぐりの背比べ； ドングリの背比べ； 団栗の背比べ； どんぐりの背くらべ [sK]
【 どんぐりのせいくらべ 】
  1. [exp,n] [id]
    • having very little difference between one another
    • being much of a muchness
    • being more or less the same
    • [lit] height comparison among acorns
  2. [exp,n] [id]
    • pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties)
    • pissing contest
History:
    • A 2024-04-17 18:21:07 Stephen Kraus (id#2298344)
    • Refs
      M-W: "compare apples and/to/with oranges; idiom: to compare things that are very different"
    • Diff
      @@ -24 +23,0 @@
-<gloss>comparing apples to oranges</gloss>
    • A* 2024-04-17 07:37:11 Hicham T (id#2298325)
    • Comments
      comparing apples to oranges would be a perfect translation. Thanks.
    • Refs
      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compare apples and/to/with oranges#:~:text=: to compare things that are,to compare apples with oranges.
    • Diff
      @@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<gloss>comparing apples to oranges</gloss>
    • A 2023-01-22 01:41:36 Robin Scott (id#2219662)
    • A* 2023-01-22 00:33:43 Stephen Kraus (id#2219646)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ どんぐりの背比べ　　 │ 21,011 │ 64.5% │
│ ドングリの背比べ　　 │  7,131 │ 21.9% │
│ どんぐりの背くらべ　 │  1,834 │  5.6% │ - sK
│ 団栗の背比べ　　　　 │  1,312 │  4.0% │ - (daijr/s, meikyo)
│ どんぐりのせいくらべ │  1,171 │  3.6% │
│ ドングリのせいくらべ │     94 │  0.3% │ - dropping restrictions
╰─ーーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>どんぐりの背くらべ</keb>
+<keb>団栗の背比べ</keb>
@@ -14 +14,2 @@
-<keb>団栗の背比べ</keb>
+<keb>どんぐりの背くらべ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -18,6 +18,0 @@
-<re_restr>どんぐりの背比べ</re_restr>
-<re_restr>団栗の背比べ</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ドングリのせいくらべ</reb>
-<re_restr>ドングリの背比べ</re_restr>
    • A 2020-12-02 14:07:36 Marcus Richert
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