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 #2 (permalink) Sun Feb 13, 2005 15:40 pm Meaning of Let sleeping dogs lie |
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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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| #3 (permalink) Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:41 am Mixed sleep/wake mindstates with violent aggression |
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| 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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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:49 am Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie |
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hi
can you please give me an example using this idiom.
thanks
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:41 am Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie |
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| po;iteness costs nothing |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon May 25, 2009 9:57 am Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie |
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| To figure out the meaning of some idioms is fun like trying to understand the funny story |
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Jun 19, 2010 17:34 pm Meaing of Let sleeping dogs lie |
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| yeahhh, I agree with you!!! I think English idioms are really interesting but somehow, I still find it difficult to remember them ><. |
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