Citations:oil and water
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English citations of oil and water
Noun: "(idiomatic) two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other"[edit]
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- 1982, Winston Graham, The Miller's Dance, Pan Books (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- We are oil and water. There are few things he and I agree on but I believe we would agree on this.
- 2005, Sean Naylor, Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda, Penguin (2005), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- “Their personalities are oil and water—they don't mix,” said a JSOC officer who knew both men.
- 2009, Brian Schofield, Selling Your Father's Bones: America's 140-Year War against the Nez Perce Tribe, Simon & Schuster (2009), →ISBN, page 31:
- […] second, that the white and red man were oil and water, incapable of safely sharing a landscape.
- 2011, Loretta M. Siani, The Alchemy of Prayer: How It Began and Why It Is the Medium of Miracles, iUniverse (2011), →ISBN, page 47:
- Forgiveness and making bargains are oil and water. They don't mix.