do not agree

[user_gary]

Fire and water do not agree.

What does `do not agree' means here?

I have no context, it is an example of subject verb agreement chapter in my grammar book.

[svartnik]

Fire and water do not agree.

What does `do not agree' means here?

I have no context, it is an example of subject verb agreement chapter in my grammar book.

they are opposites, they do not resemble in their characteristics

[Anglika]

Even further than that - water will extinguish fire - so they cannot get along together.

[Humble]

Hi,
I guess what puzzles you, Gary, is that other meaning of agree - be in harmony with; suit.
Why can't your children agree?= Why can't they get on well?
Such a climate does not agree with me.
The meat I ate for lunch hasn't agreed with me.

Regards