LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE

Meaning of LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE in English

don`t make trouble if you don`t have to You should let sleeping dogs lie and not ask him any questions about the argument.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — don't stir up trouble
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — ( saying ) to avoid mentioning a subject or sth that happened in the past, in order to avoid any …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — Do not make (someone) angry and cause trouble or danger; do not make trouble if you do not have to. …
Slang English vocab
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — Do not make (someone) angry and cause trouble or danger; do not make trouble if you do not have to. …
Словарь английских идиом
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — do not create problems, leave things alone Don't tell them the price of gas will rise. Let sleeping dogs lie.
English Idioms vocabulary
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — Do not make (someone) angry and cause trouble or danger; do not make trouble if you do not have to. …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — не буди лихо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — не буди лихо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — Не буди лихо, пока спит тихо; Не будите спящую собаку
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — Не буди лихо, пока спит тихо; Не будите спящую собаку
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — Спящих собак не буди. Ср. Не буди лиха, пока лихо спит
Английские поговорки
LIE — I. ˈlī verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; or archaic lien ˈlï(ə)n ; ly·ing ˈlīiŋ ; lies ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET — I. ˈlet, usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( letted ; letted or let ; letting ; lets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOGS — I. plural of dog present third singular of dog II. ˈdȯgz sometimes ˈdägz noun ( plural dogs ) Etymology: by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEEPING — present part of sleep
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LET — lə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English -let, -lette, from Middle French -elet, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEEPING — () a. & n. from Sleep.
Английский словарь Webster
SLEEPING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleep
Английский словарь Webster
LIE — (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
SLEEPING — a. & n. from Sleep.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEEPING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Sleep
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIE — ( adj. ) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEEPING — /slee"ping/ , n. 1. the condition of being asleep. adj. 2. asleep. 3. of, pertaining to, or having accommodations for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIE — lie 1 /luy/ , n. , v. , lied, lying . n. 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — let 1 /let/ , v. , let, letting , n. v.t. 1. to allow or permit: to let him escape. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEEPING — adj. napping; of sleep; causing sleep
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SLEEPING — n. state of being asleep, slumbering
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DOGS — n. cynophobia, fear of dogs (term used in Medicine); (Slang) greyhound races; (Slang) feet; (Slang) shoes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIE — I. ˈlī intransitive verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; ly·ing ˈlī-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English licgan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LET — I. ˈlet transitive verb ( let·ted ; letted or let ; let·ting ) Etymology: Middle English letten, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLEEPING — adj & ·noun from sleep. 2. sleeping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of sleep.
Webster English vocab
LIE — noun ·see lye. 2. lie ·noun anything which misleads or disappoints. 3. lie ·adj to be still or quiet, like …
Webster English vocab
LET
Webster English vocab
DOGS — N. Amer. informal feet. → dog
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIE — [lie] vi lay ; lain ; ly.ing [ME, fr. OE licgan; akin to OHG ligen to lie, L lectus bed, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LET — [let] vt let.ted ; letted or let ; let.ting [ME letten, fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LET — let BrE AmE let —The phrase let me has a non-standard casual form ˈlem i , sometimes written lemme ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIE — I . / laɪ; NAmE / verb , noun —see also lie (II) ■ verb ( lies , lying , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — / let; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( let·ting , let , let ) ALLOW 1. [ no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIE — I. lie 1 S2 W1 /laɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense lay /leɪ/, past participle lain /leɪn/, present participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LET — I. let 1 S1 W1 /let/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle let , present participle letting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIE — n. & v. --n. 1 an intentionally false statement (tell a lie; pack of lies). 2 imposture; false belief (live …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIE — v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LET — v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIE — n. & v. n. 1 an intentionally false statement (tell a lie; pack of lies). 2 imposture; false belief (live …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — v. & n. v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LET — v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — 1. v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1. be in or assume a horizontal position on …
Oxford English vocab
LET — 1. v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1. tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid …
Oxford English vocab
LIE — I. POSITION OR SITUATION /laɪ/ ( lies, lying, lay, lain) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEEPING — You use sleeping to describe places where people sleep or things concerned with where people sleep. On the top floor …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — ( lets, letting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'let' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEEPING — You use ~ to describe places where people sleep or things concerned with where people sleep. On the top floor …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LET — (~s, ~ting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form '~' is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mist hangs/lies somewhere (= stays in a place ) ▪ A thick mist …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES give/let out a laugh ▪ She gave a loud laugh. give/let out a shriek …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLEEPING — [adjective] [not gradable]She looked lovingly at the sleeping child.See also asleep.A sleeping bag is a large thick bag for sleeping …
Cambridge English vocab
LET — (SUGGEST) [verb] [T + object + infinitive without to; not in past tenses] letting, past let - used to express …
Cambridge English vocab
SLEEPING — Synonyms and related words : abeyant, apathetic, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at rest, bereft of life, between the lines, breathless, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — Synonyms and related words : OK, accord, accredit, admit, allow, approve, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assume, authorize, bareboat charter, be afraid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOGS — feet Example: It feels so good to let my dogs out (of my shoes).
Slang English vocab
DOGS — Feet
Slang English vocab
LET — n. let down let off let on let out let up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocab

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