let the sleeping dogs lie

Verb

let sleeping dogs lie (third-person singular simple present lets sleeping dogs lie, present participle letting sleeping dogs lie, simple past and past participle let sleeping dogs lie)

1. (idiomatic) To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.
   • Near-synonyms: let it be, leave it be, let things be, leave things be, let it alone, leave it alone, let things alone, leave things alone; let bygones be bygones, let nature take its course

   Synonyms:

   let it be, leave it be, let things be, leave things be, let it alone, leave it alone, let things alone, leave things alone, let bygones be bygones, let nature take its course