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单词 to rock the boat
释义

to rock the boat

phrase
If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.
Synonyms: cause trouble, protest, object, dissent More Synonyms of to rock the boat
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Examples of 'to rock the boat' in a sentence
to rock the boat

In the absence of a crisis, he has little incentive to rock the boat.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
No one wanted to rock the boat.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But 'few were prepared to rock the boat'.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But its constitutional role appears to be not to rock the boat.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Not wanting to rock the boat and maintaining momentum does not really wash.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet his words, delivered in a quiet tone, were meant to rock the boat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Do not do anything to rock the boat.
The Sun (2016)
No wonder he did not want to rock the boat with a stinging attack.
The Sun (2013)
I'm afraid to rock the boat still further.
The Sun (2012)
The foreign secretary wouldn't want to rock the boat so close to an election.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Chinese translation of 'to rock the boat'

to rock the boat

  1. 捣(搗)乱(亂) (dǎoluàn)
See boat (sense 2)

Nearby words of
to rock the boat

  • to risk it
  • to roar with laughter
  • to rob sb of sth
  • to rock the boat
  • to room with sb
  • to rough it
  • to rouse o.s.
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