never the twain shall meet
- never the twain shall meet
never the twain shall meet phrase
used for saying that two things are very different and cannot exist together
Thesaurus: different and differently
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used to suggest that two things are too different to coexist
Ulster people are British and Irish people are Irish, and never the twain shall meet
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never the twain shall meet
— used to say that two things, places, etc., are very different and can never be brought together or made similar
As far as he's concerned, work is work, family life is family life, and never the twain shall meet.
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never the ˌtwain shall ˈmeet f6 idiom
(saying) used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together
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