to rock the boat

Others said the explosions had been set by Mr. Putin's foes, using a terrorist attack to rock the boat.

Just when the political situation was growing more stable, increased terrorist activity began to rock the boat.

The "Do Not Rock The Boat" phrase doesn't apply to children as they are always ready to rock the boat and try to get things done.

It senses its power is growing and this leads to a posture of great self- restraint, even passivity and reluctance to rock the boat.

Still, I can't fight the nagging feeling that it's risky to ask for anything in this job market, so I'm hesitating to rock the boat.

Even the "third-year effect" can largely be explained by the central bank's reluctance to rock the boat towards the end of a presidency.

Diplomats are expecting so much instability in a power struggle after his death that they argue it's unwise to rock the boat now.

China is treading a tricky political line in the North Pole, anxious to be included but unwilling to rock the boat.

It's a common occurrence to see your partner falling asleep time and again while you're in the mood to rock the boat.

If someone tells you not to rock the boat , they are telling you not to do anything which might cause trouble or upset a stable situation .

The leader of the party asked Tony not to rock the boat until after the election.

Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar.

They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose.

Influential senior managers are in their last jobs, with no desire or incentive to rock the boat.

Nale: Sabine, honey, I've already invested a lot of time and energy into this "Evil Opposites" theme, I'm not about to rock the boat now.

Indeed, the lifetime employment system makes bosses loth to rock the boat (and means they have few other job options if they do).

Because shy people can be overly concerned with other peoples' reactions, they don't want to rock the boat.

I've exhausted the legal system, the lawyers have their hands tied here and they're not going to rock the boat.

Things are progressing well -- don't(do anything to)rock the boat.

But most of them come from the same background as everyone else on the board, and don't want to rock the boat too hard.

Analysts say the Asean nations won't want to rock the boat with China too much.

My bet is that the National People's Congress won't do anything to rock the boat even slightly this year.

A. Concede, once again. You don't like to rock the boat.

Sometimes you have to rock the boat, if you want to experience "still" waters.

What it needs is cheap labor and factories, and no one to rock the boat.

We just started hanging out again. I don't want to rock the boat.

I don't want to rock the boat.

The reality is that few private businessmen in China have any desire to rock the boat.