Speakur

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pouring oil on troubled waters

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
pour-ing oil on trou-bled wa-ters
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pour oil on troubled waters

Questions

What does pouring oil on troubled waters mean?
present participle and gerund of pour oil on troubled waters

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