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know your orange

English translation: all oranges are not the same

08:12 Oct 28, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Human Resources / training materials
English term or phrase: know your orange
Headline of a section that gives a few key points regarding customers (what to do to know them better), followed by a picture of oranges.
However, below there is another section entitled 'know your customers' (this one includes characteristics of customers).
I can't think of any idiomatic use of oranges (apart from apples and oranges). Could it be something like field of expertise, market...?
Tomasz Chyrzyński
Poland
Local time: 00:39
Selected answer:all oranges are not the same
Explanation:
some are bigger, sweeter ... than others. Same is true for customers.
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 23:39
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3 +8all oranges are not the same
DLyons


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
all oranges are not the same


Explanation:
some are bigger, sweeter ... than others. Same is true for customers.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 23:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  BdiL: :)
8 mins
  -> Thanks BdiL.
agree  Armorel Young: could even be a pun on phrases like "know your onions" and "know your oats"
57 mins
  -> Thanks Armorel. Good point!
agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
  -> Thanks Jack.
agree  airmailrpl: not all oranges are the same
6 hrs
  -> Thanks airmailrpl.
agree  Václav Pinkava: or a play on "know your apples from your oranges", which takes it a stage further
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Václav. And that some of your customers may be lemons :-)
agree  JaneTranslates: And with airmailrpl's tweak on the syntax.
11 hrs
  -> Thanks JaneTranslates. Yes, that's a good syntax change.
agree  Phong Le
7 days
  -> Thanks Phong Le.
agree  Natalia Volkova
10 days
  -> Thanks Natalia.
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