"tun, was man nicht lassen kann" meaning in German

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      "args": {
        "1": "to do what one cannot leave undone"
      },
      "expansion": "“to do what one cannot leave undone”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "to do what one cannot leave undone"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to do what one cannot leave undone”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "doen wat je niet laten kunt"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch doen wat je niet laten kunt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to do what one cannot leave undone”. The same in Dutch doen wat je niet laten kunt.",
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      },
      "expansion": "tun, was man nicht lassen kann",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No, there’s no point to it. I’m gonna quit. — I think it’s madness, but do what you gotta do.",
          "text": "Nein, es hat keinen Sinn. Ich werde kündigen. — Ich finde, das ist Wahnsinn; aber tu, was du nicht lassen kannst.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do what one thinks one must do; to do what one wants"
      ],
      "id": "en-tun,_was_man_nicht_lassen_kann-de-verb-rAUSYz~3",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to do what one thinks one must do; to do what one wants"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tun, was man nicht lassen kann"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to do what one cannot leave undone"
      },
      "expansion": "“to do what one cannot leave undone”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "to do what one cannot leave undone"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to do what one cannot leave undone”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "doen wat je niet laten kunt"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch doen wat je niet laten kunt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to do what one cannot leave undone”. The same in Dutch doen wat je niet laten kunt.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "tun, was man nicht lassen kann",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No, there’s no point to it. I’m gonna quit. — I think it’s madness, but do what you gotta do.",
          "text": "Nein, es hat keinen Sinn. Ich werde kündigen. — Ich finde, das ist Wahnsinn; aber tu, was du nicht lassen kannst.",
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        }
      ],
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        "to do what one thinks one must do; to do what one wants"
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        "(idiomatic) to do what one thinks one must do; to do what one wants"
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        "idiomatic"
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  "word": "tun, was man nicht lassen kann"
}