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Rock the boat

划船的时候，故意把船摇晃，可能会引起很严重的后果。Rock the boat从字面上来看，意思就是“把船摇晃”，rock在这里不是指石头，而是作动词用，解释为“摇晃”，例如：The earthquake rocked the buildings violently. （地震使建筑物摇晃得很厉害。）

船只摇晃得很厉害，甚至有倾覆的危险，所以，rock the boat这个成语往往引申为“兴风作浪、使事情不能顺利进行、破坏良好的现状、捣乱”的意思，带有贬义。

例如：

We've been doing it this way for years; don't rock the boat by trying to introduce new methods.
我们多年来一直是这么做的，别打算引进什么新方法来捣乱。

The other boys said that Henry was rocking the boat by wanting to let girls into their club.
其他男孩都说亨利想让女孩进他们的俱乐部破坏了现有的良好现状。

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