English [edit]
A cow, kneeling to eat grass on the other side of a barbed wire fence.
Alternative forms [edit]
Proverb [edit]
the grass is always greener on the other side
- Other circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality are often not.
Translations [edit]
desirability of other's circumstances
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- Marathi: दुरून डोंगर साजरे! (mr)
- 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 (pt), a grama do vizinho é sempre mais verde (pt)
- Russian: соседняя очередь всегда движется быстрее (ru) (sosédnjaja óčeredʹ vsegdá dvížetsja bystréje), там хорошо, где нас нет (ru) (tam xorošó, gde nas net), (vulgar) в чужих руках толще (ru) (v čužíx rukáx tólšče)
- 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 (tr)
- Ukrainian: (the neighbour's house is white) у сусiда хата бiла (uk) (u susída xáta bíla), (the neighbour's house is whiter) у сусiда хата бiлiша (uk) (u susída xáta bilíša)
- Vietnamese: đứng núi này trông núi nọ (vi)
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