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单词 to make waves
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to make waves
d. to make waves: to stir up trouble, make things worse, make a fuss. Originally and chiefly U.S.In quot. 1925 used in the literal sense.
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1925 ‘Kimbo’ Tropical Tales 10 Back at the foul stinking bog Potts heard himself hailed by the well-known voice of his late father. ‘Hello, sonny,..slip in gently…for the Lord's sake don't make any waves.’]
1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xiv. 277 I think it will be best if she tells him herself... After I've left. We don't want to make waves.
1972 Publishers Weekly 10 Apr. 58/2 Dr. Wilkins..had just been fired from Willowbrook for allegedly making waves about conditions.
1983 Times 19 Feb. 11/5 He is..a solid dependable Scotsman who runs a company at a profit in an orderly fashion and doesn't make waves.
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