oil and water don't mix

谚语

英文释义

谚语
  1. Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against interracial relationships. dated,derogatory,offensive,proscribed
    — I don't think you quite realise, Benneville, what it means to be married to a native woman. It will mean that you lose friends, home, and everything that is worth living for to an Englishman. You would not be likely to make friends with the other natives. Oil and water don't mix. . .
  2. Some people, things, or characteristics do not go together. broadly
    — And the Mennonite boys don't consider her suitable. As you know, oil and water don't mix.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see oil, water, don't, mix.
    — Oil and water don't mix because oil is nonpolar and water is polar.
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