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“Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” · meaning of the expression

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Your new ahaTo avoid interfering with a settled situation

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie — idiom: The argument is over; let's let sleeping dogs lie. Source: Wiktionary: let sleeping dogs lie ↗

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