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Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie #1 (permalink) Sun Feb 13, 2005 15:14 pm   Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie
 

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", question 7

Let ......... dogs lie.

(a) sleeping
(b) snoozing
(c) dreaming
(d) barking

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", answer 7

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Correct answer: (a) sleeping

Your answer was: incorrect
Let dreaming dogs lie.
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Meaning of Let sleeping dogs lie #2 (permalink) Sun Feb 13, 2005 15:40 pm   Meaning of Let sleeping dogs lie
 

This means don't go looking for trouble. If things are going well, be satisfied because if you 'wake' the dogs, problems will arise.
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Mixed sleep/wake mindstates with violent aggression #3 (permalink) Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:41 am   Mixed sleep/wake mindstates with violent aggression
 

Primates awoken while dreaming, continue for a period of time in a mixed sleep/wake mind state. A similar mixed mindstate (as evinced by brain wave studies) has been linked to some hallucinatory psychosis and violent aggression.
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Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie #4 (permalink) Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:49 am   Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie
 

hi
can you please give me an example using this idiom.
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Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie #5 (permalink) Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:41 am   Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie
 

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Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie #6 (permalink) Mon May 25, 2009 9:57 am   Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie
 

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