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“Pave the way”in other languages

Prepare things so that something can happen later.

  • English
  • Italian
  • Swedish
English
pave the way
Italian
preparare il terreno literally To prepare the ground
Swedish
kratta manegen literally To rake the arena
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English paves the road for whoever comes next, and Italian prepares the ground, preparare il terreno. Swedish rakes the ring, kratta manegen, smoothing the arena before the show.

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