Venus.jam
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Hi
I wonder if make waves is used to refer to something which may cause trouble as by questioning or resisting the accepted rules or it has also a positive connotation. In what contexts we can use this idiom?
If something “makes waves,” it means it causes wide impact on a group or society in general.The impact can be good, like a new technology improving the way everybody communicates – or it can be bad, like one country’s financial crisis affecting other countries, too. (https://www.espressoenglish.net/15-idiomatic-expressions-with-the-verb-make/)
2. "If someone makes waves, they cause a lot of trouble." (https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/make+waves.html(
I wonder if make waves is used to refer to something which may cause trouble as by questioning or resisting the accepted rules or it has also a positive connotation. In what contexts we can use this idiom?
If something “makes waves,” it means it causes wide impact on a group or society in general.The impact can be good, like a new technology improving the way everybody communicates – or it can be bad, like one country’s financial crisis affecting other countries, too. (https://www.espressoenglish.net/15-idiomatic-expressions-with-the-verb-make/)
2. "If someone makes waves, they cause a lot of trouble." (https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/make+waves.html(