rock the boat

释义

1. 改变现状；违反传统

   idiomatic

   Just when I'm asking myself if it's worth it to rock the boat and wondering if I should compromise, something will happen to keep me going. Like one year I got an award from a women's group for, "exposing the jockocratic values of society.

   1984, Jim Bouton, Ball Four Plus Ball, page 410:

   I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.

   我可以插手把它修好，但是这不是我的活，我可不想乱了规矩。