the grass is always greener on the other side

English

Alternative forms

• the grass is always greener (normal shortened form).
• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence (normal long form).

Proverb

the grass is always greener on the other side

1. Other circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality are often not

Translations

desirability of other's circumstances

Arabic: طبيخ الجارة نوّارة، وطبيخ أهل الدار مرار Bengali: (nodir oe paraytae sob shuk achay) Chinese: Mandarin: 這山望著那山高  (zh), 这山望着那山高  (zh) (zhè shān wàngzhe nà shān gāo) Danish: græsset er altid grønnere på den anden side af hækken (da) Dutch: het gras is altijd groener aan de overkant (nl) Finnish: ruoho on aina vihreämpää aidan toisella puolella (fi) French: l'herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin German: die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer besser/schmecken immer noch am besten Greek: του γείτονα είναι πάντα καλύτερο (el), το ξένο είναι πιο γλυκό (el) Hebrew: הדשא של השכן ירוק יותר (hadesheh shel hashakhen yarok yoter) Hindi: दूर के ढोल सुहावने (hi) Hungarian: a szomszéd rétje mindig zöldebb (hu) Indonesian: rumput tetangga selalu terlihat lebih hijau (id)

Italian: l'erba del vicino è sempre più verde (it) Japanese: 隣の芝生は青く見える (tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru) Korean: 남의 떡이 더 커 보인다 (ko) Norwegian: gresset er alltid grønnere på den andre siden (no) Polish: Chciec innych ludzi rzeczy, bo sie wydaja lepsze, ale w rzeczywistosci to sa takie same jak teraz masz (pl) Portuguese: a galinha da vizinha é melhor que a minha Russian: соседняя очередь всегда движется быстрее (ru); там хорошо, где нас нет (ru); (vulgar) в чужих руках толще (ru) Scottish Gaelic: 's e miann an lacha an loch air nach bi i (gd) Spanish: la hierba siempre es más verde del otro lado (es), el pasto siempre es más verde del otro lado (es) Swedish: gräset är alltid grönare på andra sidan (sv) Telugu: దూరపు కొండలు నునుపు, పొరుగింటి పుల్లకూర రుచి Turkish: davulun sesi uzaktan hoş gelir Ukrainian: У сусiда хата бiла / бiлiша (uk) (the neighbour's house is white / whiter) Vietnamese: dung nui nay trong nui no