pour oil on troubled water(s)
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pour oil on troubled water(s) — idiom
1. to say or do something calming when other people are arguing, so that the situat
1.idiom
Definition
to say or do something calming when other people are arguing, so that the situation becomes peaceful again.
Example
Grandma poured oil on troubled waters when the cousins started arguing about the will.
The new manager has a gift for pouring oil on troubled waters between rival teams.