Meaning of oil and water | Babel Free

Definitions

Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“We are oil and water. There are few things he and I agree on but I believe we would agree on this.”

“[…] second, that the white and red man were oil and water, incapable of safely sharing a landscape.”

“Forgiveness and making bargains are oil and water. They don't mix.”

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