Meanings (ES + gloss)
apaciguar los ánimos • templar gaitas
To calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.
I remember him taking umbrage when he thought I was doubting his grandmother's skills so I am quick to pour oil on troubled waters.
Tom Street deemed it his duty to pour oil upon the troubled waters, being, as it were, officially responsible for the welfare of the chowder-plates and tobacco-pipes which were hir…
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