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Reminds me of one of C++'s talks from Andrei Alexandrescu:

"std::allocator is to allocation what std::vector is to vexation".

There was another transparency inside:

"std::allocator is to allocation what alligator is to allegation".

> Someone said: java to JavaScript is like car to carpet.

You mean the sibling who commented five minutes before you?

The saying has been in use since at least 2018, so I think "someone" is accurate.

as ham is to hamster

as ant is to antidisestablishmentarianism