To compare 2 things that are essentially different is to compare these
apples to oranges (or apples & oranges)
This heavily forested mountain range extends southward from St. Louis
the Ozarks
In Greek this island's official name is Kipriaki Dhimokratia
Cyprus
I found this graceful word in Botswana
swan
There are no actual hurdles involved in doing this to "bail", but whoever put up your money is gonna be mad
jumping bail
Obey this saying & you won't be seeing much of your internist
an apple day keeps the doctor away
Named for its designer, it's a compact machine gun popular with police & special forces
an uzi
See the retreat of the San Quintin Glacier from 1994 to 2002 in the North Patagonian ice field of this country


Chile
In Europe this bird may sit beside a babbling brook
rook
Criminal accountants are said to do this to "the books", & they probably didn't go to Le Cordon Bleu
cook
In "Good Will Hunting", Matt Damon uses this rhetorical question to good effect
"how do you like them apples?"
Native to hilly regions of Asia, these flowering shrubs can be quite fragrant & hardy
azalea
You don't mess with the Zoran when he's Zoran Milanovic, the prime minister of this country
Croatia
Regrettably, it was hunted to near extinction
egret
To lightly graze something, or, if you're briefly in the penal system, what you have "with the law"
brush
Someone who is currying favor with a superior is an apple-this word
polisher
The FDA approved it in 1987 as the first drug proven to extend AIDS patients' lives
AZT
This Asian country's flag depicts one of its historical treasures
Cambodia
I saw this bird in my backyard in Andover
dove
A judge handing down a light sentence is giving this 4-word gentle blow
a slap [on the wrist]
[DD]
In Deuteronomy we find "He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as" this
the apple of His eye
Exiled with many others in 597 B.C., he predicted the downfall of Jerusalem
Ezekiel
This landlocked African nation is the fifth-largest in area on the continent but is sparsely populated
Chad
[DD]
The Percheron is a large horse; this is a large bird
heron
Got no case? "You don't have" this, so there's nothing to physically hold you up
legs to stand on