Meaning:
backwaters
n.
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
murky uncharted waters Idiom, Proverb
pour oil on troubled waters
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.
pour oil on the waters
quiet a quarrel平息风波;调解争端
The groups were nearing a bitter quarrel until the leader poured oil on the waters.要不是领导人出面调解,双方很快就会大吵起来。
fish in troubled waters
Idiom(s): fish in troubled waters
Theme: RISK
to involve oneself in a difficult, confused, or dangerous situation, especially with a view to gaining an advantage.
• Frank is fishing in troubled waters by buying more shares of that company. They are supposed to be in financial difficulties.
• The company could make more money by selling armaments abroad, but they would be fishing in troubled waters.
Still waters run deep.
A quiet person can have much knowledge or wisdom.
Muddy the waters
If somebody muddies the waters, he or she makes the situation more complex or less clear.
Murky waters
Where people are behaving in morally and ethically questionable ways, they are in murky waters.
Still waters run deep
People use this idiom to imply that people who are quiet and don't try to attract attention are often more interesting than people who do try to get attention.
Test the waters
If you test the waters, or test the water, you experiment to see how successful or acceptable something is before implementing it.
Uncharted waters
If you're in uncharted waters, you are in a situation that is unfamiliar to you, that you have no experience of and don't know what might happen. ('Unchartered waters' is an incorrect form that is a common mistake.)
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v. phr. To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage. With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled waters.
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