"чем бы дитя ни тешилось, лишь бы не вешалось" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it"
      },
      "expansion": "“A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it” or “A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long they don’t hang themself”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "чем бы дитя́ ни те́шилось",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лишь бы не ве́шалось",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čem by ditjá ni téšilosʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lišʹ by ne véšalosʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "чем бы дитя́ ни те́шилось, лишь бы не ве́шалось"
      },
      "expansion": "чем бы дитя́ ни те́шилось, лишь бы не ве́шалось • (čem by ditjá ni téšilosʹ, lišʹ by ne véšalosʹ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a child (or a person) should be free to do everything, as long it makes him/her happy and not hurts anybody"
      ],
      "id": "en-чем_бы_дитя_ни_тешилось,_лишь_бы_не_вешалось-ru-phrase-Y7QtQMWo",
      "links": [
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          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) a child (or a person) should be free to do everything, as long it makes him/her happy and not hurts anybody"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ɕem‿bɨ dʲɪˈtʲa nʲɪ‿ˈtʲeʂɨɫəsʲ | ˈlʲiʐ‿bɨ nʲɪ‿ˈvʲeʂəɫəsʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "чем бы дитя ни тешилось, лишь бы не вешалось"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it"
      },
      "expansion": "“A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long as they do not hang themselves with it” or “A child can have fun with whatever they will, as long they don’t hang themself”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "чем бы дитя́ ни те́шилось",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лишь бы не ве́шалось",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čem by ditjá ni téšilosʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lišʹ by ne véšalosʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "чем бы дитя́ ни те́шилось, лишь бы не ве́шалось"
      },
      "expansion": "чем бы дитя́ ни те́шилось, лишь бы не ве́шалось • (čem by ditjá ni téšilosʹ, lišʹ by ne véšalosʹ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian idioms",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian phrases",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a child (or a person) should be free to do everything, as long it makes him/her happy and not hurts anybody"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) a child (or a person) should be free to do everything, as long it makes him/her happy and not hurts anybody"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ɕem‿bɨ dʲɪˈtʲa nʲɪ‿ˈtʲeʂɨɫəsʲ | ˈlʲiʐ‿bɨ nʲɪ‿ˈvʲeʂəɫəsʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "чем бы дитя ни тешилось, лишь бы не вешалось"
}