It is better to let sleeping dogs lie.
let sleeping dogs lie
idiom B1
To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.
Origin
first recorded 14th c. disputed originFrom Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1380): 'It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake.'
We decided not to bring up the old argument and just let sleeping dogs lie.
Although the historical injustice still bothered him, he chose to let sleeping dogs lie rather than reopen painful family wounds.
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buy to let
To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it
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call off the dogs
To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.
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dogs bark, cats meow
Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.
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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.
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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.
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give the lie to
To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.
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go to the dogs
To decline or deteriorate shockingly.
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I can't lie
To be honest, frankly, honestly.