拉风成语(2)let sleeping dogs lie 二月 22, 2008
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let sleeping dogs lie
Definition : to avoid restarting old conflicts
Origin:
狗儿正在睡觉,你要去招惹它,结果可想而知!
十三世纪,人们开始使用这句话,来形容不要自找麻烦,别惹事生非。
类似说法有:
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
Example:
I let sleeping dogs lie though I knew the secret.
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