rock the boat Informal
Meaning: If you rock the boat, you do or say something that will upset people by changing a situation that they don't want changed.
For example:
• Don't say anything that will rock the boat or you might lose your job.
• The new teachers were told not to rock the boat by saying anything that could make the students question the school rules.
Quick Quiz:
When Jenny started working at the hospital, she rocked the boat by
a. saying how well it was run
b. questioning the way things were done
c. doing her job quietly and not saying much
Key answer in comments below this post.
Source: englishclub.com
!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
Key answer: b).
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