(idiomatic) To calm, appease or quieten a person or situation.

A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.

Alternative form of pour oil on troubled waters

simple past tense and past participle of pour oil on troubled waters

present participle of pour oil on troubled waters

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pour oil on troubled waters

(idiomatic) A person in unfamiliar and often uncomfortable surroundings.

(shipbuilding) a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model

(physics) The saturation vapor pressure of water.

(idiomatic) Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.