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词组 leave well enough alone
释义
Idiom
let well enough alone and leave well enough alone
Theme: ACCOMPLISHMENT
to leave things as they are (and not try to improve them).
There isn't much more you can accomplish here. Why don't you just let well enough alone?This is as good as I can do. I'll stop and leave well enough alone.
Idiom
leave well enough alone
to allow something to stay as it is because doing more would not improve it.
I thought about rewriting the letter, but I decided to leave well enough alone.
idiomleave well enough alone(also leave well alone BrE)to not do anything to change a situation, because you do not want to make it worse than it was:You're bound to get into trouble, interfering in other people's problems. You should've left well alone.I told my parents the truth, but it's caused so much trouble that I wish I'd left well enough alone.

leave well (enough) alone

To refrain from changing, disturbing, or becoming involved in something so as to avoid unintentionally causing (or worsening) problems. To be honest, you're better off leaving well alone at this point. She's so angry that anything you say will just make things worse. Messing with the registry can cause catastrophic problems for your computer. If it isn't already totally busted, I would leave well enough alone.

leave well enough alone

Also, let well enough alone. Do not try to change something lest you make it worse. For example, This recipe has turned out fine in the past, so leave well enough alone. The idea behind this expression dates from ancient Greek times, specifically Aesop's fable about a fox who refused a hedgehog's offer to take out its ticks lest, by removing those that are full, other hungry ones will replace them. Put as let well alone from the early 1700s, it was first recorded as let well enough alone in 1827. Also see let sleeping dogs lie.
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