Indicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action and does not wish to participate; often said as a joke--sometimes as an expression that the speaker doesn't want to do the proposed action or to indicate that they are happy doing what they are doing and don't want to change that by doing the proposed action
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Two newlyweds are on their honeymoon and the bride asks her husband if he is ready to go home. The husband answers, "Let's not and say we did" indicating that he'd rather stay on the honeymoon with her than to go home.

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Modified by TriplePurple on December 01, 2023

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Lass es uns nicht tun und sagen wir taten es

no lo hagamos y digamos que lo hemos echo

ne disons pas que nous avons fait

non diciamo che l'abbiamo fatto

しないで、私たちがやったと言いましょう

하지 말자 우리가했다

давайте не будем говорить, что мы сделали

chúng ta không và nói rằng chúng tôi đã làm

我們不要說我們做到了

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