rock the boat

And conditions for any momentum are likely to worsen before the November election, when legislators will try not to rock the boat.

He doesn’t want to rock the boat in any way.

The tyranny of fear that makes Black women reluctant to take risks lest we lose the tenuous hold we have on our status affected our willingness to rock the boat in a tiny industry where everyone knows one another.

“Now rock the boat, as if you were on the water.”

“Therefore, the aim of communication following the end of the meeting will likely try to not rock the boat one way or the other.”