Name: Let sleeping dogs lie: The English We Speak
Uploaded: 2018-07-19T09:17:35.000Z
Duration: 2 min 57 s
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Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.

and it seems that Rob will be making less tea than me.

If I were you, I'd let sleeping dogs lie.

You mean 'leave things as they are to avoid causing

Feifei: Let's hear some more examples of this phrase….

Examples: I was going to mention the argument we had

Let's not go over last night's performance:

Let sleeping dogs lie and talk about something else.

Feifei: This is The English We Speak from the BBC

meaning to 'leave a situation as it is and

avoid causing trouble or restarting an old problem'.

but it still seems unfair that I'm the one

Can't you remember why we had a new tea-making rota?

You're right Neil, it's not worth making a fuss

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Let sleeping dogs lie: The English We Speak

phrase

situation

awful

worth