Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

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🗓️ Idiom: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (V+Ph)

💬 Meaning

To avoid restarting an old argument or problem.
To leave a situation alone because doing anything may cause trouble.

🧠 Example Sentences

The manager chose to let sleeping dogs lie and didn’t reopen last month’s conflict between the teams.
The customer finally stopped complaining, so the support agent decided to let sleeping dogs lie and not bring up the issue again.
HR advised them to let sleeping dogs lie rather than revisit the disagreement from last year.

🏛️ Origin

This idiom dates back to the Middle Ages. People believed that disturbing a sleeping dog could be dangerous because the dog might wake up suddenly and attack. Over time, the phrase became a metaphor for avoiding old problems that could “bite” if brought up again.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:
The argument had finally ended, so everyone agreed it was best to __________ and move on.

Answer

let sleeping dogs lie

2. Choose the correct answer:
If you “let sleeping dogs lie,” you:
a) Start a new conflict
b) Avoid reopening an old problem
c) Demand a full explanation

Answer

b) Avoid reopening an old problem

3. Change the sentence using “let sleeping dogs lie”:
“He decided not to bring up the old complaint again.”

Answer

He decided to let sleeping dogs lie.

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

🗓️ Idiom: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (V+Ph)

💬 Meaning

🧠 Example Sentences

🏛️ Origin

📝 Practice Exercises

ℹ️ Other Useful Pages

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