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Does this phrase mean "When you cause a problem, people get upset."?

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  • That is how would interpret it. It is not a phrase I can ever recall having encountered, either in speech or in writing.
    – Colin Fine
    Commented Dec 24, 2014 at 14:19

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It means that actions have consequences.

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  • Who else is out on the pond, and what is lurking under the surface?
    – Wayfaring Stranger
    Commented Dec 24, 2014 at 13:24
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"Don't rock the boat" is a well-known (in the US, at least) phrase meaning "Don't ask too many questions or be too assertive," lest you cause your current endeavor to fail.

Adding "there will be waves", while not a common expression, is readily understood to mean that "rocking the boat" could not only damage the current endeavor but could cause consequences that would affect you directly.

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