never the twain shall meet是什么意思

双语例句

(1)East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet ( Rudyard Kipling )

东方就是东方, 西方就是西方, 两者永不会相会 ( 鲁德雅德吉卜林 )

释义

used to suggest that two things are too different to exist alongside each other

两者永远合不到一块

families were either ‘church’ or ‘chapel’ and never the twain shall meet.

家庭要么是“教堂”，要么是“小礼拜堂”，只能为其一，不能兼而有之。［ORIGIN from Rudyard Kipling's ‘Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet’.