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英语单词“pour oil on troubled waters”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 pour oil on troubled waters 释义

pour oil on troubled waters

idiomUKto do or say something inorderto makepeoplestoparguingandbecomecalmer:平息风波,调停争端My husband's alwaysarguingwith myfather, and I'm the one who has topouroilontroubledwaters.我丈夫老和我父亲争吵,我不得不做他们的调停人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calming and relaxing
  • assuage
  • balls-to-the-wall
  • bask
  • bread
  • bread and circusesidiom
  • calm
  • chill
  • humour
  • let/blow off steamidiom
  • lie down
  • lightensomethingup
  • lull
  • lullsomeoneintosomething
  • relaxation
  • settle
  • shirt
  • simmer
  • simmer down
  • slow down
  • slow lane
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