"oil and water" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982, Winston Graham, The Miller's Dance, Pan Books, published 2008",
          "text": "We are oil and water. There are few things he and I agree on but I believe we would agree on this.",
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          "ref": "2009, Brian Schofield, Selling Your Father's Bones: America's 140-Year War against the Nez Perce Tribe, Simon & Schuster, page 31",
          "text": "[…] second, that the white and red man were oil and water, incapable of safely sharing a landscape.",
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          "ref": "2011, Loretta M. Siani, The Alchemy of Prayer: How It Began and Why It Is the Medium of Miracles, iUniverse, page 47",
          "text": "Forgiveness and making bargains are oil and water. They don't mix.",
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        "Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other."
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        "(idiomatic) Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other."
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