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单词 pour oil on troubled waters
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pour oil on troubled waters

idiom
UK
to 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。
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  • lie down
  • lightensomethingup
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(Definition ofpour oil on troubled watersfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
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