[let well enough alone] или [leave well enough alone]
Удовлетворяться тем, что уже и так достаточно хорошо; не пытаться улучшить что-то потому что часто это может все испортить.
* /John wanted to make his kite go higher, but his father told him to let well enough alone because it was too windy./* /Ed polished up his car until his friends warned him to leave well enough alone./* /Ethel made a lot of changes in her test paper after she finished. She should have let well enough alone, because she made several new mistakes./
Compare: LET RIDE.
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