THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS

Meaning of THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS in English

good intentions achieve nothing without action, actions speak louder...

Convert your charitable feelings into action! The road to hell is paved with good intentions!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS — good intentions just aren't enough, actions not intentions determine one's fate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS — good intentions achieve nothing without action, actions speak louder... Convert your charitable feelings into action! The road to hell is …
English Idioms vocab
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS — ( saying ) it is not enough to intend to do good things; you must actually do them
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOOD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a break with the past (= when something is done in a completely different way …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAVÉD — adjective see: pavé
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROAD — I. ˈrōd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rood, rode, from Old English rād ride, riding, journey; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HELL — I. ˈhel noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOOD — I. ˈgu̇d, in formulas of meeting & parting often _gəd adjective ( bet·ter ˈbed.ə(r), -etə- ; best ˈbest) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAVED — -vd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of paven to pave 1. : covered with a pavement the paved …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTENTIONS — plural of intention
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAVED — (imp. & p. p.) of Pave
Английский словарь Webster
PAVED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Pave
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROAD — — roadless , adj. — roadlessness , n. /rohd/ , n. 1. a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELL — — hell-like , adj. /hel/ , n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GOOD — /good/ , adj., better, best , n., interj., adv. adj. 1. morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAVED — adj. made and covered in asphalt (road); covered with tiles
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PAVÉD — see pavé
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GOOD — I. ˈgu̇d adjective ( bet·ter ˈbe-tər ; best ˈbest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gōd; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, Latin celare, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAVED — impf & ·p.p. of pave.
Webster English vocab
HELL — vt a gambling house. 2. hell ·vt to overwhelm. 3. hell ·vt a place where outcast persons or things are …
Webster English vocab
GOOD — vt to make good; to turn to good. 2. good ·superl not lacking or deficient; full; complete. 3. good ·vt …
Webster English vocab
INTENTIONS — Logic conceptions formed by directing the mind towards an object. → intent on/upon
Concise Oxford English vocab
HELL — [hell] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE helan to conceal, OHG helan, L celare, Gk kalyptein] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GOOD — [good] adj bet.ter ; best [ME, fr. OE god; akin to OHG guot good, Skt gadhya what one clings to] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROAD — the traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, …
Britannica English vocabulary
HELL — the abode or state of being of evil spirits or souls that are damned to postmortem punishment. Derived from an …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROAD — road BrE AmE rəʊd AmE roʊd ▷ roads rəʊdz AmE roʊdz ▶ ˈ road hog BrE AmE ▶ ˈ road …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROAD — / rəʊd; NAmE roʊd/ noun 1. a hard surface built for vehicles to travel on : a main / major …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — / hel; NAmE / noun 1. [ sing. ] (usually Hell ) (used without a or the ) in some …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOOD — / gʊd; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( bet·ter / ˈbetə(r); NAmE / best / best; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROAD — road S1 W1 /rəʊd $ roʊd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: rad 'ride, journey' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HELL — I. hell 1 S1 W3 /hel/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . WHEN YOU DIE [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GOOD — I. good 1 S1 W1 /ɡʊd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative better /ˈbetə $ -ər/, superlative best /best/) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROAD — n. 1 a a path or way with a specially prepared surface, used by vehicles, pedestrians, etc. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GOOD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (better, best) 1 having the right or desired qualities; satisfactory, adequate. 2 a (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROAD — n. 1 a a path or way with a specially prepared surface, used by vehicles, pedestrians, etc. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GOOD — adj., n., & adv. adj. (better, best) 1 having the right or desired qualities; satisfactory, adequate. 2 a (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROAD — 1. n.1 a a path or way with a specially prepared surface, used by vehicles, pedestrians, etc. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
HELL — n.1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
GOOD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (better, best) 1. having the right or desired qualities; satisfactory, adequate. 2 a (of a …
Oxford English vocab
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROAD — ( roads) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A road is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAVED — see pave
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — ( hells) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, hell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOOD — ( better, best) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Good means pleasant …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAVED — see pave
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ROAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coast road ▪ In summer the coast road is very crowded. a road bridge …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (as) mad as hell (= a rude way of saying very angry ) cast sb …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROAD — [noun] - a long piece of hard ground that people can drive along from one place to anotherRoads usually have …
Cambridge English vocab
HELL — (EXPRESSION) exclamation, [noun] [U] - used to express anger or to give emphasis to an expressionOh hell, I've forgotten my …
Cambridge English vocab
ROAD — Synonyms and related words : Autobahn, US highway, access, air lane, alley, alleyway, anchorage, anchorage ground, approach, approaches, arm, armlet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PAVED — Synonyms and related words : armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL …
Slang English vocab
PAVED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
ROAD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , wide ▪ narrow ▪ busy , congested ▪ clear , deserted , empty , lonely …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PAVED — adj. Paved is used with these nouns: ↑ courtyard , ↑ path , ↑ road , ↑ street , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INTENTIONS — • ↑ good intentions • ↑ make your intentions clear/known
Longman Activator English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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