Idiom/word for "Doing the wrong thing to achieve a good goal"
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Is there an English word or phrase that means "intending to help and hurting instead?"
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What's an idiom for doing something in an unnecessarily complicated way?
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Idiom or phrase about a situation in which a person has little hope
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Word for when one uses the wrong word in a sentence
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Expression for "intend to help but instead making things worse"
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Expression for when something "hits you", but in a positive way?
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Idiom or expression that would imply "someone is a habitual liar"
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Is there an English idiom for trying to do two things at the same time and failing at both of them due to splitting your effort?
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Is there a word analogous to 'shooting yourself in the foot'?
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Is there an expression to indicate the strategy of wearing someone down with numerous small irritations?
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Is there a term for grammatical mistakes as a result of trying too hard?
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What is a good idiom for deceptive smile?
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Is there a word to describe the virtue of "to do something and ask for nothing in return"?
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Is there a word for the opposite of an intended effect?
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What do you call a person that goes to extreme ends to accomplish a goal?
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Is there a word for wanting bad things to happen to others?
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Is there a word for when an action has an effect opposite to the one intended?