fish in troubled waters
werkwoord
Roget 704:
be difficult
etc.
adj.;
run one hard,
go against the grain,
try one's patience,
put one out;
put to one's shifts,
put to one's wit's end;
go hard with one,
try one;
pose,
perplex
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
bother,
nonplus,
gravel,
bring to a deadlock;
be impossible
etc.
471;
be in the way of
etc.
(hinder)
706.
meet with difficulties;
labor under difficulties;
get into difficulties;
plunge into difficulties;
struggle with difficulties;
contend with difficulties;
grapple with difficulties;
labor under a disadvantage;
be in difficulty
etc.
adj..
fish in troubled waters,
buffet the waves,
swim against the stream,
scud under bare poles.
Have much ado with,
have a hard time of it;
come to the push,
come to the pinch;
bear the brunt.
grope in the dark,
lose one's way,
weave a tangled web,
walk among eggs.
get into a scrape
etc.
n.;
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears;
be put to one's shifts;
flounder,
boggle,
struggle;
not know which way to turn
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
perdre son Latin [Fr.];
stick at,
stick in the mud,
stick fast;
come to a stand,
come to a standstill,
come to a deadlock;
hold the wolf by the ears,
hold the tiger by the tail.
render difficult
etc.
adj.;
enmesh,
encumber,
embarrass,
ravel,
entangle;
put a spoke in the wheel
etc.
(hinder)
706;
lead a pretty dance.
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Roget 713:
be discordant
etc.
adj.;
disagree,
come amiss
etc.
24;
clash,
jar,
jostle,
pull different ways,
conflict,
have no measures with,
misunderstand one another;
live like cat and dog;
differ;
dissent
etc.
489;
have a bone to pick,
have a crow to pluck with.
fall out,
quarrel,
dispute;
litigate;
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536;
squabble,
wrangle,
jangle,
brangle†,
bicker,
nag;
spar
etc.
(contend)
720;
have words
etc.
n..
with;
fall foul of.
split;
break with,
break squares with,
part company with;
declare war,
try conclusions;
join issue,
put in issue;
pick a quarrel,
fasten a quarrel on;
sow dissension,
stir up dissension
etc.
n.;
embroil,
entangle,
disunite,
widen the breach;
set at odds,
set together by the ears;
set against,
pit against.
get into hot water,
fish in troubled waters,
brawl;
kick up a row,
kick up a dust;
turn the house out of window.
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