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Portuguese

cutucar a onca com vara curta

to poke the jaguar with a short stick

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English
Let sleeping dogs lie
French
il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort
do not wake up the sleeping cat
Hungarian
ne ébreszd fel az alvó oroszlánt
don't wake up the sleeping lion
Italian
non svegliare il can che dorme
Don't wake the sleeping dog
Polish
nie rozdrapuj starych ran
don't open old wounds

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