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inform. why mess with success? (The Management Board won't run with our innovative idea. They are like,"Why mess with success?" APN)
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génér. you may go farther and fare worse; leave well alone; let leave well alone; let well alone (Супру); know when one is well off; not trifle with a good thing; one does not look for good from good; one doesn't look for good from good; one may go farther and fare worse
amér. let well alone
en d. don't mess with success (Баян)
idiom. Let well enough alone. (To leave things as they are (and not try to improve them).Оставить всё как есть (и не пытаться улучшить). Interex)
prov. leave well enough alone (changes in one's happy life may hardlv do one any good and may do only harm. used by a person who does not want any such changes); let well enough alone; we can't be too choosy; if you're well off don't seek better!; when fortune smiles do not further seek to better your lot; if it ain't broke, don't fix it (Баян); too much of a good thing is good for nothing (igisheva); let enough alone; the best is often the enemy of the good; the best things are worst to come by; let well enough alone; the best is oftentimes the enemy of the good; enough is as good as a feast
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