if it ain't broke don't fix it



if it ain't broke don't fix it

Don't meddle with something that's functioning adequately. For example, So long as they like our proposal let's not change it; if it ain't broke don't fix it . This folksy and deliberately ungrammatical expression dates from the mid-1900s. For a synonym, see leave well enough alone.
See also: broke, fix, if

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MĂDĂLina-Romanian
Wulfsige-Anglo-Saxon
Abelone-Danish
Kirsty-Scottish
Xenophon-Ancient Greek
Trena-Macedonian