rock the boat

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rock the boat 的定义

  1. Disturb a stable situation, as in An easygoing manager, he won't rock the boat unless it's absolutely necessary. This idiom alludes to capsizing a small vessel, such as a canoe, by moving about in it too violently. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

rock the boat 近义词

v. 动词 verb

disturb the status quo

更多rock the boat例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
  3. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  4. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  5. And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
  8. The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
  9. But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
  10. There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.