POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS

Meaning of POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS in English

calm down a quarrel, say something to lessen anger and bring peace to a situation They tried to pour oil on troubled waters after they noticed the argument among the students.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — create peace, ease a problem situation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — try to calm a dispute with placatory words. → pour
Concise Oxford English vocab
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — see oil
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — see oil
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops were nearing a …
Slang English vocab
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops were nearing a …
Словарь английских идиом
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — v. phr. To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. The troops were nearing a bitter …
American Idioms English vocabulary
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать волнение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать волнение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TROUBLED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a guilty/troubled conscience (= the knowledge that you have done something wrong ) ▪ His …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATERS — biographical name Ethel 1896-1977 American actress & singer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROUBLED — adjective Date: 14th century 1. concerned , worried , exhibiting emotional or behavioral problems , characterized by or indicative of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OIL — I Any greasy substance liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be a fixed (nonvolatile) oil, an …
Английский словарь Британика
POUR — I. ˈpō(ə)r, ˈpȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) sometimes ˈpu̇(ə)r or -u̇ə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English pouren transitive verb 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OIL — I. ˈȯi]l dial ˈī]l, esp before pause or consonant ]əl\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATERS — plural of water present third singular of water
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of troublen to trouble : characterized by or indicative of trouble these troubled …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUBLED — (imp. & p. p.) of Trouble
Английский словарь Webster
POUR — (v. t.) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out …
Английский словарь Webster
TROUBLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Trouble
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — ( v. t. ) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATERS — /waw"teuhrz, wot"euhrz/ , n. Ethel , 1896-1977, U.S. singer and actress.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — — pourable , adj. — pourability , n. — pourer , n. — pouringly , adv. /pawr, pohr/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OIL — — oilless , adj. — oillessness , n. — oillike , adj. /oyl/ , n. 1. any of a large …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adj. upset, worried, concerned, disturbed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POUR — I. ˈpȯr verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to cause to flow in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATERS — biographical name Ethel 1896-1977 American actress & singer
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROUBLED — Date: 14th century 1. a. : concerned , worried troubled feelings about the decision b. : exhibiting emotional or behavioral …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROUBLED — impf & ·p.p. of trouble.
Webster English vocab
POUR — adj poor. 2. pour ·vi to pore. 3. pour ·noun a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. 4. …
Webster English vocab
WATERS — ~ amniotic fluid, especially as discharged shortly before birth. → water ———————— ~ an area of sea regarded as under …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TROUBLED — adjective showing or experiencing problems or anxiety. → trouble
Concise Oxford English vocab
TROUBLED — [trou.bled] adj (14c) 1 a: concerned, worried "~ feelings about the decision" b: emotionally or mentally disturbed "a home for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POUR — [pour] vb [ME] vt (14c) 1 a: to cause to flow in a stream b: to dispense from a container …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATERS — Waters BrE AmE ˈwɔːt əz AmE \ ˈwɔːt̬ ə rz ˈwɑːt̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROUBLED — / ˈtrʌbld; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a person ) worried and anxious : She looked into his troubled …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — / pɔː(r); NAmE / verb 1. [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to make a liquid or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — / ɔɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a thick liquid that is found in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATERS — Waters, Muddy BrE AmE (1915–83) a US BLUES singer, songwriter, and ↑ guitar player, who greatly influenced many other singers …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUBLED — troub ‧ led /ˈtrʌb ə ld/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ troubled , ↑ troublesome , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POUR — pour S2 W3 /pɔː $ pɔːr/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from French dialect purer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OIL — I. oil 1 S2 W1 /ɔɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: oile , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OIL — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Oxford English vocab
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Oxford English vocab
TROUBLED — 1. Someone who is troubled is worried because they have problems. Rose sounded deeply troubled... ADJ 2. A troubled place, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — ( pours, pouring, poured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — ( oils, oiling, oiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Oil is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLED — 1. Someone who is ~ is worried because they have problems. Rose sounded deeply ~... ADJ 2. A ~ place, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POUR — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES it is pouring with rain British English , it is pouring rain American English (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer/phone/oil etc company ▪ an international oil company an energy/oil/fuel crisis ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATERS
Cambridge English vocab
TROUBLED — [adjective]The survival package involves selling off the unprofitable parts of the troubled company.The exhibition covers the key moments of the …
Cambridge English vocab

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