least said, soonest mended
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Proverb
- Hurt feelings are most quickly healed by not discussing (revisiting) the event giving rise to the hurt.
Related terms
Similar phrases using elliptical causation ("if/then"):
- another day, another dollar
- fall seven times, stand up eight
- finders, keepers
- first come, first served
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
- mo' money, mo' problems
- no body, no crime
- no cross, no crown
- no fears, no tears
- no guts, no glory
- no harm, no foul
- no hero, no villain
- no losers, no winners
- no pain, no gain
- nothing ventured, nothing gained
- once bitten, twice shy
- out of sight, out of mind
- waste not, want not
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