rock the boat

[rock the boat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble and risk losing or upsetting something; cause a disturbance that may spoil a plan.

* /The other boys said that Henry was rocking the boat by wanting to let girls into their club./

* /Politicians don't like to rock the boat around election time./

Compare: UPSET THE APPLE CART. Contrast: LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.

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	disappointment ² time ⁵⁴⁹ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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