rock the boat
Speech parts
1. rock the boat - Verb
2. rock the boat - Phrase
Meaning
rock the boat (third-person singular simple present rocks the boat, present participle rocking the boat, simple past and past participle rocked the boat)
(idiomatic) To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.
I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.
Synonyms
Examples
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose.
Don't rock the boat.
Aaliyah was known to have usually been accompanied by members of her immediate family and the "Rock the Boat" filming was credited by Rashad Haughton as being the first and only time her family was not present.
On August 25, 2001, Aaliyah and eight others were killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas after filming the music video for the single " Rock the Boat ".
And, I think cognizant of that they’re not going to rock the boat.