Question of the Day #1069

Opinion: It is time to 'rock the boat' and make waves in the name of ending racism against Asian Americans

From the headline of this article at The Columbus Dispatch.

  上記の文で、rock the boatの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "rock the boat" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉波風を立てる、事を荒立てる

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To do or say something that might endanger a stable situation or upset the status quo.

 

Examples

• Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished.
• It's better not to rock the boat when you first start a job.
• My parents are not people who would want to rock the boat. The Guardian (2015)
• Yet his words, delivered in a quiet tone, were meant to rock the boat. Times, Sunday Times (2016)
• Many people feel the newspaper is too soft on the government and never rocks the boat when asking questions directly to the politicians.

   

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