let sleeping dogs lie

Verb

 * 1)  To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.

Usage notes

 * This verb functions as a proverb when used in the imperative mood.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 莫惹是非, 讓惹是非
 * Dutch: slapende honden wekt men niet
 * Esperanto: ne elvoku lupon el la arbaro
 * Finnish: älä herätä nukkuvaa karhua
 * French:
 * German: schlafende Hunde weckt man nicht
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: non svegliare il can che dorme
 * Japanese: 寝た子を起こすな, 触らぬ神に祟りなし
 * Latin:
 * Polish: nie rozdrapuj starych ran,
 * Portuguese: não cutucar a onça com vara curta, não cutucar a fera com vara curta, não acordar moscas que estão a dormir, não mexer com quem está quieto, não mexer em vespeiro
 * Russian: не буди́ ли́хо, пока́ спит ти́хо, не буди́те спя́щую соба́ку,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: не дирај лава док спава
 * Roman: ne diraj lava dok spava
 * Spanish: no marear la perdiz, no marear la perdiz dejar las cosas tranquilas
 * Swedish: väck inte den björn som sover