draco dormiens nunquson titellandus
English translation: Don't go tickling a sleeping dragon
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|  Selected response from: Francesco D'Alessandro Spain Local time: 08:27 | |||
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| na | Don't go tickling a sleeping dragon |
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| na | let sleeping dogs lie |
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Don't go tickling a sleeping dragon Explanation: The spelling of nunquson is wrong, as a matter of fact, perhaps the correct spelling is numquam (=never); as you already understood the meaning is "don't go fooling around with dangerous situations whose outcome is uncertain, let dangerous things alone, don't wake up sleeping dogs that might bite you", and so on. |
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let sleeping dogs lie Explanation: Francesco is right. It corresponds to the English proverb above. paola l m |
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