"perfect is the enemy of good" meaning in All languages combined

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "make the perfect the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "let the perfect be the enemy of the good"
    }
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    {
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "le mieux est l'ennemi du bien"
      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "il meglio è nemico del bene"
      },
      "expansion": "il meglio è nemico del bene",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of the older the best is the enemy of the good, popularized by Voltaire in French as le mieux est l’ennemi du bien, itself a translation of the Italian proverb il meglio è nemico del bene.",
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    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "half a loaf is better than none"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "leave well enough alone"
    }
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        "Insistence on perfection often precludes the opportunity for something worthwhile."
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        "Insistence on perfection precludes gradual improvement through compromises."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "better is the enemy of good"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "the best is the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "the better is the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "the perfect is the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "perfection is the enemy of good"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "perfect is the enemy of good enough"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dictionnaire philosophique",
    "Voltaire"
  ],
  "word": "perfect is the enemy of good"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
    "English proverbs",
    "English terms derived from Italian"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "make the perfect the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "word": "let the perfect be the enemy of the good"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "le mieux est l'ennemi du bien"
      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "il meglio è nemico del bene",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "half a loaf is better than none"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "worthwhile",
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        ]
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    },
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        "Insistence on perfection precludes gradual improvement through compromises."
      ],
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          "insistence"
        ],
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          "perfection",
          "perfection"
        ],
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          "preclude",
          "preclude"
        ],
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        ],
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          "improvement",
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "better is the enemy of good"
    },
    {
      "word": "the best is the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "word": "the better is the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "word": "the perfect is the enemy of the good"
    },
    {
      "word": "perfection is the enemy of good"
    },
    {
      "word": "perfect is the enemy of good enough"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dictionnaire philosophique",
    "Voltaire"
  ],
  "word": "perfect is the enemy of good"
}