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"form": "leaves well enough alone",
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{
"form": "leaving well enough alone",
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{
"form": "left well enough alone",
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},
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},
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"text": "We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate."
],
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"improve",
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"word": "over-egg the pudding"
},
{
"word": "perfect is the enemy of good"
}
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{
"word": "leave well alone"
},
{
"word": "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
},
{
"word": "let well enough alone"
}
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "plibono estas malamiko de bono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "jättää rauhaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "le mieux est l’ennemi du bien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "das Bessere ist des Guten Feind"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "zostawić w spokoju"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "o feder xatarel"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "peravel o śukar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "лучшее — враг хорошего (lučšeje — vrag xoroševo)",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pracjúje - ne čipáj",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "працю́є - не чіпа́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zalýšyty v spókoji",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "зали́шити в спо́кої"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈliːv ˈwɛl ɪˌnʌf əˈləʊn/"
},
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"word": "leave well enough alone"
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{
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{
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{
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},
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"word": "over-egg the pudding"
},
{
"word": "perfect is the enemy of good"
}
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"To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate."
],
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]
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},
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
},
{
"word": "let well enough alone"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "plibono estas malamiko de bono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "jättää rauhaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "le mieux est l’ennemi du bien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "das Bessere ist des Guten Feind"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "zostawić w spokoju"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "o feder xatarel"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "peravel o śukar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "лучшее — враг хорошего (lučšeje — vrag xoroševo)",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pracjúje - ne čipáj",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "працю́є - не чіпа́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zalýšyty v spókoji",
"sense": "to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate",
"word": "зали́шити в спо́кої"
}
],
"word": "leave well enough alone"
}
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