leave well enough alone

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leave well enough alone — 慣用語

1. to stop trying to change or improve something that is already satisfactory, beca

1.慣用語
釋義

不要畫蛇添足;維持現狀就好

to stop trying to change or improve something that is already satisfactory, because making changes might cause problems.

例句

Christopher thought about rewriting the report again, but decided to leave well enough alone.

The garden looks fine — sometimes it is better to leave well enough alone than to keep planting new things.