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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'pour oil on troubled waters' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions pour oil on troubled waters verb  (idiom) To calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehave, misbehaving. I better go pour oil on those troubled waters the child, children are making over there. Translations:  Etymology: From the practice of the ancients to pour oil on the sea wave, waves to calm them.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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