用中文说: "Rock the boat"

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Rock the boat

【中文】找麻烦；捣乱；搞砸；惹事生非

     Zhǎo máfan; dǎoluàn; gǎozá; rě shì shēng fēi

【解释】To cause trouble where none is welcome; or to disturb a situation that is otherwise stable and satisfactory.

【例句】

- I don't want to rock the boat.

 我不想把事情搞砸。

 Wǒ bùxiǎng bǎ shìqíng gǎozá.

- The President did not want to rock the boat with the neighboring country, since the status quo was fine.

 总统不想把与邻国的关系搞砸，因为状况挺好的。

 Zǒngtǒng bùxiǎng bǎ yǔ línguó de guānxì gǎozá, yīnwèi zhuàngkuàng tǐng hǎo de.