pour oil on troubled waters

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English - Turkish
heyecanı yatıştırmak
ortalığı yatıştırmaya çalışmak

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pour oil on troubled water
heyecanı yatıştırmak
English - English
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.

create peace, ease a problem situation
pour oil on troubled waters

    Turkish pronunciation

    pôr oyl ôn trʌbıld wôtırz

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpôr ˈoil ˈôn ˈtrəbəld ˈwôtərz/ /ˈpɔːr ˈɔɪl ˈɔːn ˈtrʌbəld ˈwɔːtɜrz/

    Etymology

    () From the practice of the ancients to pour oil on the sea waves to calm them.
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