"if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" meaning in Anglais

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Phrase

  1. Il ne faut pas toucher un système qui fonctionne.
    Sense id: fr-if_it_ain’t_broke,_don’t_fix_it-en-phrase-60aqkPlf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Compositions en anglais, Locutions-phrases en anglais, Anglais

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