LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE

Meaning of LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE in English

( saying ) to avoid mentioning a subject or sth that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE — don't stir up trouble
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — don`t make trouble if you don`t have to You should let sleeping dogs lie and not ask him any questions …
English Idioms vocab
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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