Nucks wrote:Gerst wrote:Stooo wrote:You have to take the whole phrase into context before attempting a translation.
Yes, that's true when translating from a Latin text, but this is merely the bald phrase "sleeping dogs", a simple noun + participle in agreement (unless you mean the whole phrase "Let sleeping dogs lie", in which case it would probably be best to find an equivalent adage in Latin).
Is there a Latin equivalent for riff-raff?
nucks vulgaris.