don't ask

Idioms  

1. A phrase used to fend off questions about a situation one finds awkward, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory. For example, How did we do in the bridge tournament? Don't ask! [Colloquial; 1960s] For a similar phrase, see forget it.

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Example Sentences

The market for Pokemon cards is wide-ranging and includes online trading with overseas collectors who don’t ask a lot of questions and are willing to pay top dollar for a rare card, those in the business say.

From Los Angeles Times

"Most people who want or need weight related care never get it. Either they don't ask for it or the providers don't bring it up, and if they do, the patient usually gets told to go home and eat less and exercise more, and then nothing happens," Perreault says.

From Science Daily

“It’s not that I don’t ask ChatGPT medical questions but when I do, I always look for the references, click on them and read the abstracts at a minimum,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

As you pull out of the driveway, remind them of the gift that keeps on giving: your phone number—as long as they don’t ask you to fix a printer.

From The Wall Street Journal

But I don’t ask people that I know are gonna say no — I just refuse to ask them.

From Los Angeles Times