leave well enough alone

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːv wɛl ɪˈnʌf əˈləʊn/

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) leave well enough alone

1. To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate.

   We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.

Synonyms

• if it ain't broke, don't fix it
• let well enough alone
• never change a running system

Translations

to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate

• Esperanto: plibono estas malamiko de bono
• French: le mieux est l’ennemi du bien (fr)
• German: das Bessere ist des Guten Feind
• Japanese: 角を貯めて牛を殺す (tsuno o tamete ushi o korosu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: inimica bonorum optimum
• Romani: o feder xatarel, peravel o śukar
• Russian: лучшее — враг хорошего (ru) (lučšeje — vrag xoroševo)