"скатертью дорога" meaning in Russian

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "let the road be like a tablecloth"
      },
      "expansion": "“let the road be like a tablecloth”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "let the road be like a tablecloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “let the road be like a tablecloth”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “let the road be like a tablecloth”.\nInitially, the expression used as the literal wishes for a good and incidentless journey. A 'tablecloth-like road' meant a smooth and clean road, while the quality of roads was usually poor in the Russian State. However eventually, скатертью дорога is almost completely lost its well-wishing message, getting closed by its meaning to the equivalent in English. Such a shift in the meaning was in particular noticed by Alexei N. Tolstoi at the beginning of the 20th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ска́тертью доро́га !",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skátertʹju doróga!",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "ска́тертью доро́га!"
      },
      "expansion": "ска́тертью доро́га! • (skátertʹju doróga!)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "intj",
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        },
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          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good riddance! (used to indicate that one welcomes the departure of someone or something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-скатертью_дорога-ru-intj-0KS5oCaY",
      "links": [
        [
          "good riddance!",
          "good riddance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "skátertʹju doróžka",
          "word": "ска́тертью доро́жка"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskatʲɪrtʲjʊ dɐˈroɡə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "скатертью дорога"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "let the road be like a tablecloth"
      },
      "expansion": "“let the road be like a tablecloth”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "let the road be like a tablecloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “let the road be like a tablecloth”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “let the road be like a tablecloth”.\nInitially, the expression used as the literal wishes for a good and incidentless journey. A 'tablecloth-like road' meant a smooth and clean road, while the quality of roads was usually poor in the Russian State. However eventually, скатертью дорога is almost completely lost its well-wishing message, getting closed by its meaning to the equivalent in English. Such a shift in the meaning was in particular noticed by Alexei N. Tolstoi at the beginning of the 20th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ска́тертью доро́га !",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skátertʹju doróga!",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "ска́тертью доро́га!"
      },
      "expansion": "ска́тертью доро́га! • (skátertʹju doróga!)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian interjections",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good riddance! (used to indicate that one welcomes the departure of someone or something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good riddance!",
          "good riddance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskatʲɪrtʲjʊ dɐˈroɡə]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "skátertʹju doróžka",
      "word": "ска́тертью доро́жка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "скатертью дорога"
}