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كيف تنطق "let a sleeping dog lie"

expression

LET uh SLEE-ping DAWG LIE
LET uh SLEEP-ing DOG LIE

التعريف

This expression means to avoid bringing up or restarting old problems or arguments; sometimes it’s best not to disturb a situation that is calm now.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɫɛt/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈsɫipɪŋ/ /ˈdɔɡ/ /ˈɫaɪ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

lˈɛt/ /æɪ/ /slˈiːpɪŋ/ /dˈɒɡ/ /lˈaɪ

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

LET uh SLEE-ping DAWG LIE

بريطاني

LET uh SLEEP-ing DOG LIE

استمع في السياق

We all know what happened, but let’s let a sleeping dog lie and move forward.

She wanted to apologize, but her friend told her to just let a sleeping dog lie.

I think we should let a sleeping dog lie and not talk about last year’s argument.

If he’s happy now, let's just let a sleeping dog lie.