14/12/2025
Rowing a boat is a leisure activity. The most important thing is to stay stable. What would happen if someone rocks the boat? Let's see what does this idiom mean.
●rock the boat
The act of rocking a boat makes it unstable, potentially causing trouble or seasickness.
Hence, this idiom means to cause trouble, upset a stable situation, or disturb the harmony of a group by doing something new or different. It would challenge the status quo.
Let's look at the following examples:
◇Don't rock the boat until the trip is over.
◇Yesterday, Jim was sent to the principal's office because a teacher said he was rocking the boat.
◇We already have too much homework. Let's not rock the boat and get more.
Many English idioms use metaphors. It's interesting to find out the meaning. The more you learn the more fun you get. Please look forward to our next session.
划小船是一項休閒活動。進行這項活動時,最需要的是保持穩定。如果有人突然晃動小船呢?讓我們來看看以下英文慣用語。
●rock the boat 惹麻煩
晃動小船會讓上面的人失去平衡,給人製造麻煩和讓人暈船。因此,這句英文慣用語是指製造麻煩、打破平衡、破壞一個組織的和平氛圍、擾亂現狀。
讓我們來看看以下例句:
◇Don't rock the boat until the trip is over.
在這趟出差結束前,不要惹麻煩。
◇Yesterday, Jim was sent to the principal's office because a teacher said he was rocking the boat.
Jim昨天被叫去校長室,有老師說他在課堂上製造麻煩。
◇We already have too much homework. Let's not rock the boat and get more.
作業已經很多了,不要再惹麻煩,要不然作業又要增加。
許多英文慣用語使用隱喻法,學習其意義真的很好玩,讓人越學越覺得有趣喔!敬請期待下一次的英文慣用語小教學喔!