Смысл: backwaters 
backwater 1. [ʹbæk͵wɔ:tə] n
<Í> 1. 1) заводь, запруженная /запружённая/ вода, затон; верхний бьеф
2) тихая заводь, болото, застой
intellectual backwater - отупляющая обстановка, интеллектуальное болото
this area is a backwater - это /здесь/ сонное царство
2.спец.
3. = backwash I 1)
2.[ʹbæk͵wɔ:tə] v
<Í> 1) изменить курс судна на противоположный
2) сдать свои позиции; изменить своё мнение
I predict that the council will backwater - я предвижу, что совет пойдёт на попятный
<Í> 1. 1) заводь, запруженная /запружённая/ вода, затон; верхний бьеф
2) тихая заводь, болото, застой
2.
3. = backwash I 1)
2.
<Í> 1) изменить курс судна на противоположный
2) сдать свои позиции; изменить своё мнение
Cast bread upon the waters Идиома
pour oil on troubled waters
pour oil on the waters
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 watersTheme: 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.)fish in muddy|fish|muddy|troubled|troubled waters|
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.cast (one's) aliment aloft the waters
Do acceptable accomplishments after actuality motivated by a abeyant reward. Maia larboard her activating accounting job to casting her aliment aloft the amnion and affliction for her mother.Learn more: bread, cast, upon, waterCast one's aliment aloft the waters.
Prov. Act acceptable because you feel it is appropriate and not because you apprehend a reward. (Biblical.) Joseph is casting his aliment aloft the waters, acknowledging Bob while he works on his novel Cast your aliment aloft the waters; accomplish a acceptable addition to our cause.Learn more: bread, cast, upon, water
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