IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT Definition & Meaning

if it ain't broke don't fix it

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Idioms and Phrases

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 .

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There are those who say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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There is truth in the saying "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it."

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As the age-old saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it - which is something author Bella Mackie has certainly stuck by.

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Wooden’s response during that timeout: “Why? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

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Myers, Dickson and snapper Chris Stoll are all under contract for at least two more years, meaning Harbaugh comes to Seattle mostly in a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’’ mode rather than needing to rebuild.

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