OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 32084

let sleeping dogs lie

Meanings (ES + gloss)
no marear la perdiz • no marear la perdiz dejar las cosas tranquilas
To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.
Eventually, they decided it would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the matter any further.
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 i…
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