let sleeping dogs lie

Meaning: (idiomatic)To leave things as they are; especially, to avoidrestartingorrekindlingan oldargument; to leavedisagreementsin the past.Eventually, they decided it would be best tolet sleeping dogs lieand not discuss the matter any further.1868August 29, “Sleeping Dogs”, inThe Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume26, number670, page287:But, leaving novelists alone, on the whole we find in real life that if speech is silvern, silence is essentially golden, and that more harm is done by saying too much than by saying too little; above all, that infinite mischief arises by notletting sleeping dogs lie.2016, Helene Becker,Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Orca Book Publishers,→ISBN,page217:Sometimes you just had to let stuff go. Endlessly rehashing old hurts just made things worse. It was far better, I'd learned, tolet sleeping dogs lie.2019, Kate Atkinson,Big Sky,→ISBN, page261:Crystal might have said that those perfect lips were zipped, but the kidnappers had no way of knowing that. Should helet sleeping dogs lie?

Examples:

EN: Exactly. I always say let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Exacto, siempre digo "dejen yacer a los perros que duermen"
EN: We'll let sleeping dogs lie, If you get my meaning.
ES: No hace falta despertar al gato que duerme.
EN: Mrs Wynn, if it should ever occur to you that something in Betty's story doesn't quite ring true I hope you won't decide to let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Sra. Wynn, si alguna vez se le ocurre que algo en la historia de Betty no le termina de encajar espero que no decida hacer como si nada.
EN: Well, if I was you, I'd let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Si fuera tú, dejaría las cosas como están.
EN: Oh now, my dear sir, let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Oh, ahora, mi querido señor, déjelo estar.
EN: Let's let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: E intente no hacerse ver. ¡No humillemos a esos señores!
EN: I suppose I'd best let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: mejor será no despertar a un lobo que duerme.
EN: - I still say, let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: - Es mejor dejarle tranquilo.
EN: It's advisable for you to test their strength first and let sleeping dogs lie
ES: Es aconsejable que antes pongas a prueba tu fuerza mientras los perros duermen.
EN: As long as you keep wearing them boots, I'd let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Mientras sigas usando esas botas, es mejor que tus patas sigan durmiendo.
EN: At the town hall they told her... to let sleeping dogs lie and that it was a political matter.
ES: En el ayuntamiento le dijeron, que era mejor no tocar el asunto, era cuestión política.
EN: Best to let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Mejor es no agitar las cosas.
EN: How can you let sleeping dogs lie if you let the cat out of the bag?
ES: ¿como quiere que los perros duerman si saca el gato del saco?
EN: I can tell you one thing, though. I'm going to keep my mouth shut about what I do know, let sleeping dogs lie.
ES: Aunque les diré una cosa voy a mantener la boca cerrada acerca de lo que sé y dejar las cosas como están.
EN: I beg of you, Rory, for everyone's sake, let sleeping dogs lie
ES: Te lo ruego, Rory, por el bien de todos, no destapes la olla.

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