Oil and water don't mix
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Oil and water don’t mix, which is why it’s hard to get the fat to adhere to foods you want to grill.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2017
As Debo Boddiford, whose family owns 2,000 acres of timberland along the Savannah River, put it: "Oil and water don't mix."
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2015
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