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let sleeping dogs lie

idiom

To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.


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  1. 01

    buy to let

    To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

  2. 02

    call off the dogs

    To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.

  3. 03

    dogs bark, cats meow

    Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

  4. 04

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  5. 05

    give the lie

    To respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duel.

  6. 06

    give the lie to

    To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.

  7. 07

    go to the dogs

    To decline or deteriorate shockingly.

  8. 08

    I can't lie

    To be honest, frankly, honestly.

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