oil and water don't mix (English, proverb)
expansion: oil and water don't mix
Senses:
glosses: Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against interracial relationships.
tags: dated
derogatory
offensive
proscribed
glosses: Some people, things, or characteristics do not go together.
tags: broadly
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see oil, water, don't, mix.
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