单词 | if it ain't broke don't fix it |
释义 | if it ain't broke don't fix itDon't meddle with something that's functioning adequately. For example, So long as they like our proposal let's not change it; if it ain't broke don't fix it. This folksy and deliberately ungrammatical expression dates from the mid-1900s. For a synonym, see leave well enough alone. Words nearby if it ain't broke don't fix itIfe, -iferous, iff, iffen, iffy, if it ain't broke don't fix it, I.F.L.W.U., If music be the food of love, play on, IFN, Ifni, if only The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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