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Sometimes It Is Better 'To Let Sleeping Dogs Lie' — VOA Learning English

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Sometimes It Is Better 'To Let Sleeping Dogs Lie'

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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.

Sometimes the best way to deal with a problem is to face it head on. But sometimes … it is not. In some cases, it can be a good idea to give a problem or a difficult situation time and space.

Sometimes we just don’t want to deal with it – whatever “it” is. So, we ignore a situation and act as if the problem does not exist.

And of course, we have an expression just for that! Actually, we have a couple. But the first one we will talk about is this: to let sleeping dogs lie.

“To let sleeping dogs lie” means to do nothing in a situation. Sometimes taking action can make things worse. Sometimes it is best to “leave well enough alone” and…

Торкнись будь-якого слова — переклад з’явиться одразу, а слово ляже в твою добірку разом із реченням.

Anna Matteo wrote this for VOA Learning English.

Джерело: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/sometimes-it-is-better-to-let-sleeping-dogs-lie-/6

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