Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is let sleeping dogs lie and its meaning is “stay away from a problem as dealing with it might cause more trouble”.
Example Sentence: New Zealand is a nation that generally likes to think of itself as classless, with any whiff (trace/hint) of special treatment for our politicians or other elites treated with immediate disdain… So it comes as no surprise that the jets used by the (New Zealand) prime minister to travel abroad is a 30-year-old RNZAF Boeing 757 so ancient… From a politics standpoint, it seems inevitable that New Zealand will just stick with the old plane. Better to let sleeping dogs lie than buy a whole new pet, no matter how much the old one needs to be put to sleep.
This word is present in The New Zealand PM’s ancient plane is embarrassing – but an upgrade risks too much of a backlash and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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