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单词 troubled waters
释义

troubled waters in American English

noun
a confused or chaotic state of affairs
The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubledwaters
Word origin
[1575–85]

Examples of 'troubled waters' in a sentence
troubled waters

Oil-rich states poured oil money on troubled waters.But these are now troubled waters.Iran was, he said, 'fishing in troubled waters'.The new edition seeks to soothe the troubled waters.We cross bridges when we come to them; we burn them and can't retreat; we build them over troubled waters.
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