let sleeping dogs lie

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past. idiomatic
    — Near-synonyms: let it be, leave it be, let things be, leave things be, let it alone, leave it alone, let things alone, leave things alone; let bygones be bygones, let nature take its course

词形变化

lets sleeping dogs lie present,singular,third-person letting sleeping dogs lie participle,present let sleeping dogs lie participle,past let sleeping dogs lie past

词源

Attestations exist from the 1820s and 1830s. Earlier ones may be discoverable with better corpus searches. The metaphor is self-evident and is typical of folk wisdom. To choose to pass by a sleeping dog without stirring it is comparable to letting a hornets' nest or beehive be, not poking a bear, and so on.
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