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let sleeping dogs lie

to avoid disturbing a settled situation

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(idiom) to avoid mentioning or disturbing a problem or situation that has been settled or forgotten, because doing so might cause trouble

Examples

• After their argument last year, they decided to let sleeping dogs lie and focus on moving forward.

Nearby in Idioms & Sayings

jump on the bandwagon, keep an eye on, kill two birds with one stone, make ends meet, no strings attached, off the top of my head