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"etymology_text": "From the ancient practice of pouring oil on the sea's waves to calm them.",
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"ref": "1885, Beverley Ellison Warner, a Troubled Waters: A Problem of To-day, page 40",
"text": "Tom Street deemed it his duty to pour oil upon the troubled waters, being, as it were, officially responsible for the welfare of the chowder-plates and tobacco-pipes which were hired for the occasion.",
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"ref": "2013, Jane Cable, The Cheesemaker's House, page 95",
"text": "I remember him taking umbrage when he thought I was doubting his grandmother's skills so I am quick to pour oil on troubled waters.",
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"(idiomatic) To calm, appease or quieten a person or situation."
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
"word": "valaa öljyä laineille"
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
"word": "calmer le jeu"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
"word": "die Wogen glätten"
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
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"word": "łagodzić"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
"word": "templar gaitas"
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
"word": "valaa öljyä laineille"
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
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"sense": "calm, appease or quieten",
"word": "templar gaitas"
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