| 单词 | to let sleeping dogs lie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let sleeping dogs (or a sleeping dog) lie b. to let sleeping dogs (or a sleeping dog) lie: to avoid provoking or interfering in a situation that is currently causing no problems but may well do so as a result of such interference; to leave well alone. ΚΠ 1822 London Mag. Dec. 541/2 Let sleeping dogs lie, said the daft man, when he saw the dead hound before him. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well (1824) I. viii. 187 But Mr Micklewham..replied with..a private admonition to his patron's own ear, ‘to let sleeping dogs lie’. 1886 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead xiii Better let sleeping dogs lie. 1903 Times 10 Aug. 3 Neither the Imperial nor the Prussian Government is at the moment in fighting trim, and they have every reason to welcome a Pope who will let sleeping dogs lie. 2002 Daily Star (Nexis) 26 Jan. 15 He went on: ‘I want to let sleeping dogs lie now and move on. I don't want to see or hear from her again.’ < as lemmas |
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