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if it ain't broke don't fix it 

do not try to repair it if it is not needed
As far as phones go, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

if it ain't broke, don't fix it 

The old school version of predictive maintenance.
One of the quickest ways to break something is to fix it when it ain't broken.

Gametrailers: If it ain't broke, don't fix it

If there is no evidence of a real problem, and fixing the "problem" would not effectively improve GameTrailers., then don't waste time and energy (yours or anybody else's) trying to fix it. At least tend to the existing problems before creating more.
So we were hoping for GT to fix their site problems, instead they added something new and broke more stuff! So Gametrailers: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

fix it till it's broke 

The act of 'improving' or 'upgrading' something that was working fine until it's worse off than it was before.
The layout on 4chan had been perfectly fine for years but I guess the new owner decided to fix it till it's broke

Broken but fixed

I tried so hard - to find the perfect quote - to describe how i felt - but i couldn’t i just couldn’t - nothing can describe how it feels to be completely torn down - rebuilt - and then to have someone tear down the one that rebuilt you - then tear you down again - but still somehow feel happy inside - almost because that person is gone - the toxic impact they had on your life - it’s gone now - it should all be okay - but it wasn’t - i should’ve been okay - but i wasn’t - but it’s hard because you can’t bare to feel that pain again - but you long for that type of love again - there’s no word for that - or quote - or paragraph - there’s nothing because a pain so deep - shouldn’t exist in anyones feelings - no one deserves that type of pain - no body deserves to feel the way i felt that night
Based off all the heartbreak and lies ive been fed... Broken but fixed
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026