"見ては極楽住んでは地獄" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Japanese]

Forms: 見ては極楽住んでは地獄 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ごく), (らく), (), (), (ごく)), mite wa gokuraku sunde wa jigoku [romanization]
Etymology: Literally “seeing it is paradise, living there is hell”. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|みて は ごくらく すんで は じごく}} 見(み)ては極(ごく)楽(らく)住(す)んでは地(じ)獄(ごく) • (mite wa gokuraku sunde wa jigoku)
  1. What you see isn't always what you get. Synonyms: 聞いて極楽見て地獄 () (english: hearing it is paradise, seeing it is hell)
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