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august1987
 
Reply Tue 6 Jun, 2006 12:46 am
What's the mean of" wake a sleeping wolf "
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Tue 6 Jun, 2006 10:06 am
I think you mean "What is the meaning of..."

Waking a sleeping wolf is asking for trouble. A sleeping wolf doesn't threaten anyone, but a wide-awake wolf could be a major problem.

The usual idiom in the U.S. is waking a sleeping tiger.
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