Let sleeping dogs lie in Hindi — Meaning of सोते शेर को मत छेड़ो (sote sher ko mat chheDao)

📖 Meaning of “let sleeping dogs lie”

The meaning of “let sleeping dogs lie” in Hindi is सोते शेर को मत छेड़ो, pronounced sote sher ko mat chheDao — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of let sleeping dogs lie

To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.

✍️ Let sleeping dogs lie in a sentence

Eventually, they decided it would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the matter any further.

सोते शेर को मत छेड़ो।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Attestations exist from the 1820s and 1830s. Earlier ones may be discoverable with better corpus searches. The metaphor is self-evident and is typical of folk wisdom. To choose to pass by a sleeping dog without stirring it is comparable to letting a hornets' nest or beehive be, not poking a bear, and so on.

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Word (English)

Let sleeping dogs lie

Meaning in Hindi

सोते शेर को मत छेड़ो

Pronunciation

sote sher ko mat chheDao

Part of speech

Noun

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The Hindi meaning of "let sleeping dogs lie" is सोते शेर को मत छेड़ो (sote sher ko mat chheDao).

In Devanagari script it is written as सोते शेर को मत छेड़ो.

It is pronounced "sote sher ko mat chheDao". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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