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I know for a fact he was hiding behind the bar from start to finish, with his backside in the air, and couldn’t have possibly seen a thing!” Though with all that was going on, I don’t see how he could say I was the one who threw the chair that broke his fancy mirror. And I’ve already arranged to pay the money Sam said I owed for damages out of my wages. “I mean it’s not as if that fight last week was all down to me this time. However, with dogged determination, the eighteen-year-old decided to persevere in an attempt to wear his father down. Joe Cartwright’s hazel eyes met those of his father without flinching, but even after asking the question, in his heart, Joe was certain of the negative answer he was about to receive. I'll go and make some tea now, OK? Bye.“But Pa! Why can’t I come into town with you? I’m not a little kid anymore and it’s just not fair to punish me like this, especially on a day like today!”
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You never make tea! I'm going to say something about this.ĭon't wake up the sleeping dogs. Shouldn't you be making tea? I thought you were keeping quiet. You're right Neil, it's not worth making a fuss - we definitely don't want Rob to be making our tea too often.īut hold on. Can't you remember why we had a new tea-making rota? It was because Rob makes such awful tea that we wanted him to make less of it! That's all very well, but it still seems unfair that I'm the one who has to make tea the most.Ĭome on, Feifei. This is The English We Speak from the BBC and we're finding out about the phrase 'let sleeping dogs lie', meaning to 'leave a situation as it is and avoid causing trouble or restarting an old problem'. Let sleeping dogs lie and talk about something else. Let's not go over last night's performance: let sleeping dogs lie and move on.ĭon't remind her about the divorce.
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I was going to mention the argument we had last night, but decided to let sleeping dogs lie. Let's hear some more examples of this phrase. So, just like avoiding waking up a dog and making it angry, let sleeping dogs lie. Let sleeping dogs lie? You mean 'leave things as they are to avoid causing trouble or restarting an old argument'?Įxactly! We had this argument before and the result was this new tea-making rota. Is it that important Feifei? If I were you, I'd let sleeping dogs lie. I'm really going to complain about this at the next team meeting. Look! Feifei – Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday morning and every other Friday. We have a new tea-making rota, and it seems that Rob will be making less tea than me. So come on Feifei, you've been grumpy all morning – what's upset you? Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. Find out what this phrase means in this programme. Feifei's not happy that she's got to make more tea for the team, but it's best for her not to make a fuss - and to let sleeping dogs lie.