let him cook
supportive, trusting
the one-line answer
Do not interrupt someone who is in the middle of doing something impressive.
Let him cook means stand back and let the person do their thing. They are in the zone. They are working on something and you need to trust the process. Interrupting would ruin it. Popularized from cooking metaphors in hip-hop..
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
defense
stop telling him what to do. let him cook.
Stop interrupting. Let him work and see what he produces.
03 / don't confuse
similar, not the same.
let him cook
Cooked means doomed
vs
cooked
Let him cook means let him continue doing well.