Idiom
oil and water
Meaning
Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Their personalities are like oil and water.”
“We tried to work together on the project, but we were like oil and water.”
“The two politicians were like oil and water, ensuring that any attempt at a bipartisan agreement would inevitably fail.”
Examples
simple
“Their personalities are like oil and water.”
contextual
“We tried to work together on the project, but we were like oil and water.”
complex
“The two politicians were like oil and water, ensuring that any attempt at a bipartisan agreement would inevitably fail.”
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