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Where 'fine' goes to die and the subtext starts screaming.

means Beset by problems, distress, or inner turmoil, whether a person, a marriage, or a nation.

from From Latin turbulare, to stir up or agitate, via Old French trublerliterally water gone murky, which is exactly what a troubled mind feels like.

Polite euphemismObituaries use it when 'addicted' feels too blunt.
Waters tooTroubled waters: turbulence promoted to metaphor centuries ago.
Headline shorthandNewspapers slap it on any company about to collapse.
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