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To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leave well alone
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
画蛇添足
(huàshétiānzú)
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Esperanto:
plibono estas malamiko de bono
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Finnish:
jättää rauhaan
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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French:
laisser tranquille
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Japanese:
画蛇添足
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Polish:
zostawiać w spokoju
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Polish:
zostawić w spokoju
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Romani:
o feder xatarel
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Romani:
peravel o śukar
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Ukrainian:
працю́є - не чіпа́й
(pracjúje - ne čipáj)
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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Ukrainian:
зали́шити в спо́кої
(zalýšyty v spókoji)
— to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
