leave well enough alone
基本解釋
- 適可而止;不要畫蛇添足;知足
英漢例句
- My sister made a few changes after working out the exam paper. But she should have left well enough alone for she made several new mistakes.
我妹妹答完試卷后作了很多修改,但她弄巧成拙,反而又增加了幾個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。 - Regent edited the unwieldy service menu and turned six treatment tents into full-fledged cottages, but when it came to core treatments and therapists, they left well enough alone.
FORBES: Palmistry - Is there anything more inimical to the career of a professional politician than a segment of our culture or economy that is working fine when left well enough alone?
FORBES: Squeezing Every Last Dollar Out Of Democracy - But gold has continued its run, and silver has risen even faster, and it has been a bit sobering to reflect that my portfolio would have done better if I had left well enough alone.
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