make waves 兴风作浪

【讲解】

wave本义“波浪”。非常巧的是，在中美两国我们都能接受这样一个比喻，即用“兴风作浪"来形容“惹是生非，引起混乱”。美国口语中可以这样说：He’s the wrong man for the job. He’s always trying to make waves. （他不适合做这个工作，他总是兴风作浪，惹是生非。）

【对话】

A:The strike of the teachers is due to the new policy.
A:教师的罢工都是新政策给闹的。
B:No authorities expected that the new policy would make waves like anything.
B:政府可没想到一项新政策就掀起这么大的风波。
A:Policy-makers can't take sides with a particular community. And school authorities should pay enough attention to the benefit of the schoolteachers.
A:制定政策的人又不会特别照顾谁，校方也该对教师待遇多重视些。
B:They did have reasons in making that policy. You see, they get some payoffs from some of the workers. No teacher will ever bribe them.
B:他们制定那个政策也是有理由的，你看，有些工人给了他们好处，可没有哪个教师会去贿赂他们。