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East is East and West is West (and never the twain shall meet).

Prov. Two things are so different that they can never come together or agree. (From Rud-yard Kipling's poem, "The Ballad of East and West.") I had hoped that Andrew and I could be friends in spite of our political differences. But, in our case, I'm afraid that East is East and West is West.

See also: and, east

East, west, home's best. and East or west, home is best.

Prov. Home is the best place to be no matter where it is. You may think that traveling all the time is fun, but eventually you'll discover that east or west, home is best.

See also: best

out West

in the western part of the United States. We lived out West for nearly ten years. Do they really ride horses out West?

See also: out

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go west 

1. (old-fashioned) if something goes west, it is destroyed or lost My watch went west when I accidentally dropped it on a concrete floor. That's my chance of seeing the game gone west!

2. (British & Australian old-fashioned) if someone goes west, they die He went west in a plane crash.