pour oil on troubled waters

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Englisch - Türkisch
heyecanı yatıştırmak
ortalığı yatıştırmaya çalışmak
pour oil on troubled water
heyecanı yatıştırmak
Englisch - Englisch
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

    Türkische aussprache

    pôr oyl ôn trʌbıld wôtırz

    Aussprache

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

    Etymologie

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