See the road to hell is paved with good intentions on Wiktionary
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "пу̑т до̏ пакла поплочан је добрим намјерама"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pȗt dȍ pakla popločan je dobrim namjerama"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "el infierno está lleno de buenas intenciones"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "el camino al infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "el infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "vägen till helvetet är kantad av goda föresatser"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "vägen till helvetet är stensatt med goda föresatser"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "cehenneme giden yol iyi niyet taşlarıyla döşelidir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doroha v peklo vykladena dobrymy namiramy",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "дорога в пекло викладена добрими намірами"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "well-intended acts can lead to disasters",
"word": "đường đến địa ngục được lát bằng thiện tâm"
}
],
"word": "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"
}
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