troubled waters

1 a difficult situation, especially where there is a lot of disagreement and problems 混乱的局面

We don’t want to enter the troubled waters of race and religion.

我们不想卷入种族和宗教的纷争。

pour oil on troubled waters (=try to make an angry situation calmer) 缓解紧张的局面

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troubled waters• This particular fish was very shortly going to find itself in exceedingly troubled waters.• The Oxford oar presented as a momento, will help bail him out of any troubled waters he's yet to encounter.• We don't need to enter the troubled waters of religious truth-claims.• After just half an hour in the pool, it was back to the troubled waters of the Foreign Office.

→ troubled waters at troubled(1)

2 formal a situation that is difficult, dangerous, or unfamiliar 未知的境况/困难情况/隐晦的困境

the uncharted waters of the 21st century

21世纪的未知数

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uncharted/troubled/murky waters• This is useful if you fly by night or live in murky waters.• Clearly the 49ers are sailing in uncharted waters.• And instead of heading off into uncharted waters, Shyamalan has positively invited comparisons with his previous opus.• Other career seekers are more interested in venturing into uncharted waters.• A fish that comes from slow-moving often murky waters is unlikely to appreciate bright lighting or turbulent filtration.• But then our conversations took a dive into the murky waters of sexuality and jealousy.• A last desperate attempt to escape into the murky waters.• I would be chary of anything caught in these murky waters.

→ uncharted/troubled/murky waters at water1(3)

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