Pour Oil On Troubled Waters Definition
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English
Etymology
From the practice of the ancients to pour oil on the sea waves to calm them.
Verb
pour oil on troubled waters
- (idiomatic) To calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.
- I better go pour oil on those troubled waters the children are making over there.
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