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Complete Definition of "pour oil on troubled waters"

English
Etymology
From the practice of the ancients to pour oil on the sea wave|waves to calm them.
Verb
pour oil on troubled waters
#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

Finnish: valaa öljyä laineille
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