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：2025/12/03
oil and water don't mix
Proverb
broadly
Japanese Meaning
本質的に性質の異なるものは、いくら混ぜ合わせても調和が生まれないという意味。 / 人種間、特に黒人と白人が交際することに対して、自然な関係ではないと警告する意味（人種混合に対する戒告の意）を含む。 / 一般的には、全く性格や特徴の違うものや、組み合わせると問題が生じるものは一緒にならないということを示す。
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Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against miscegenation. / (more generally) Some people, things or characteristics do not go together.
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oil and water don't mix
Some people misuse the proverb 'oil and water don't mix' to argue that Black people and white people should not form relationships, but that claim is racist and unacceptable.
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Some people misuse the proverb 'oil and water don't mix' to argue that Black people and white people should not form relationships, but that claim is racist and unacceptable.
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