björntjänst

Definitioner

a disservice, a mistaken kindness, a misguided helpfulness, an attempted favor which turns out to be detrimental, or at least causes more damage than it helps

common-gender

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“I alla händelser är det uppenbart, att man gör de människor som nu tillhöra jordbruksbefolkningen samt deras barn en björntjänst genom att tvinga⟳ dem att förbli jordbruksbefolkning, om de kunna⟳ få bättre villkor i andra⟳ sysselsättningar.”

In any case it is obvious, that we will do those people who now belong to the peasantry and their children a disservice by forcing them to remain peasants, if they could get better conditions in other occupations.

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