Usually means: Stairs, in Cockney rhyming slang.
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  1. apples and pears: Collins English Dictionary
  2. apples and pears: Wiktionary
  3. Apples and pears: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. apples and pears: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. Apples and pears: Phrase Finder

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  1. apples and pears: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. apples and pears: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (apples and pears)

▸ noun:  (Cockney rhyming slang) stairs

Similar:
pair of stairs, alley apple, applecart, road apple, stairstep, steps, apple-cart, grice, stee, apple cart, more...

Opposite:
oranges and bananas, non-rhyming words, dissimilar fruits

Types:
Honeycrisp, Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Pink Lady, Golden Delicious, Braeburn, McIntosh, more...

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Similar:
pair of stairs, alley apple, applecart, road apple, stairstep, steps, apple-cart, grice, stee, apple cart, more...

Opposite:
oranges and bananas, non-rhyming words, dissimilar fruits

Types:
Honeycrisp, Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Pink Lady, Golden Delicious, Braeburn, McIntosh, more...



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