"見ては極楽住んでは地獄" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “seeing it is paradise, living there is hell”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "見ては極楽住んでは地獄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "極",
          "ごく"
        ],
        [
          "楽",
          "らく"
        ],
        [
          "住",
          "す"
        ],
        [
          "地",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "獄",
          "ごく"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "mite wa gokuraku sunde wa jigoku",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "みて は ごくらく すんで は じごく"
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      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What you see isn't always what you get."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "hearing it is paradise, seeing it is hell",
          "word": "聞いて極楽見て地獄 ()"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見ては極楽住んでは地獄"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “seeing it is paradise, living there is hell”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "見ては極楽住んでは地獄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "極",
          "ごく"
        ],
        [
          "楽",
          "らく"
        ],
        [
          "住",
          "す"
        ],
        [
          "地",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "獄",
          "ごく"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mite wa gokuraku sunde wa jigoku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "みて は ごくらく すんで は じごく"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 6 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What you see isn't always what you get."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "hearing it is paradise, seeing it is hell",
      "word": "聞いて極楽見て地獄 ()"
    }
  ],
  "word": "見ては極楽住んでは地獄"
}

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