let sleeping dogs lie

English

Verb

to let sleeping dogs lie (third-person singular simple present lets sleeping dogs lie, present participle letting sleeping dogs lie, simple past and past participle let sleeping dogs lie)

1. (idiomatic) 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.

Translations

leave things as they are

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫惹是非 (cmn) (mò rě shìfēi), 讓惹是非 (cmn), 让惹是非 (cmn) (ràng rě shìfēi)

• Dutch: slapende honden wekt men niet (nl)
• Finnish: älä herätä nukkuvaa karhua (fi)
• French: ne pas réveiller le chat qui dort (fr)
• German: schlafende Hunde weckt man nicht (de)
• Hungarian: ne ébreszd fel az alvó oroszlánt (hu)

• Italian: non svegliare il can che dorme (it)
• Japanese: 寝た子を起こすな (ja) (ねたこをおこすな, neta ko-o okosu na)
• Polish: nie wywołuj wilka z lasu (pl)
• Russian: не буди лихо, пока спит тихо (ru) (ne budí líxo, poká spit tíxo), не будите спящую собаку (ru) (ne budíte spjáščuju sobáku), от греха подальше (ru) (ot grexá podál'še)
• Spanish: no marear la perdiz (es), no marear la perdiz dejar las cosas tranquilas (es)