leave well enough alone
基本解释
- 适可而止；不要画蛇添足；知足
英汉例句
- My sister made a few changes after working out the exam paper. But she should have left well enough alone for she made several new mistakes.
我妹妹答完试卷后作了很多修改，但她弄巧成拙，反而又增加了几个错误。 - Regent edited the unwieldy service menu and turned six treatment tents into full-fledged cottages, but when it came to core treatments and therapists, they left well enough alone.
FORBES: Palmistry - Is there anything more inimical to the career of a professional politician than a segment of our culture or economy that is working fine when left well enough alone?
FORBES: Squeezing Every Last Dollar Out Of Democracy - But gold has continued its run, and silver has risen even faster, and it has been a bit sobering to reflect that my portfolio would have done better if I had left well enough alone.
FORBES: The Great Battle: Logic v. Recent Past