Postal Workers

Notes from the IK Class:

郵便局員

×　 post officer; post office staff
◎　postal worker

Sample Dialog:

外国人：	How do you buy a stamp to mail to the States?
日本人：	Just take your letter to the post office, and the postal worker will tell you how much to pay for the postage.

Don't fix it if it ain't broke.
Don't fix it if it ain't broken.
Don't fix it if it isn't broke.
Don't fix it if it isn't broken.
If it's not broken, don't fix it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

• 壊れていないものを修理するな。／《諺》触らぬ神にたたりなし。／へたにかき回すな。
• 壊れていないなら直すな。
• 機能しているシステムなどを下手にいじると、かえって問題が生じるという意味。
• まだ問題になっていないのに解決しようとして頭を痛めるな。

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References:

1. 英辞郎第三版
2. CD-The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
3. American Postal Workers Union
4. Canadian Union of Postal Workers

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