Apples And Pears

Apples and pears is a slang term used in Cockney rhyming slang, where a word or phrase is substituted with a rhyming phrase. Apples and pears is Cockney rhyming slang for “stairs”.

Example 1: “I need to go up the apples and pears to fetch something from my room.”
Example 2: “Watch your step on those steep apples and pears.”