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Today's Idiom = "If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It"

If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It ( keep doing the same thing if it is working well ... )

"if it ain't broke don't fix it"

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" means that the thing you are doing is working well, so do not change it.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" means that if you are already getting the results you want then do not change what you are doing. Example: "Do you think Tiger Woods should change his golf swing?" Reply: "Are you kidding? If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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