let sleeping dogs lie

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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.

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• German: Schlafende Hunde weckt man nicht
• Hungarian: ne keltsd fel az alvó oroszlánt hu(hu)
• Polish: Nie wywołuj wilka z lasu
• Russian: Кто старое помянет, тому глаз вон