the grass is always greener on the other side

English

A cow, kneeling to eat grass on the other side of a barbed wire fence.

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

Translations

the others' circumstances seem more desirable

• Arabic: طبيخ الجارة نوارة، وطبيخ أهل الدار مرار
• Bengali: ঘাস অন্য দিকে সবসময় সবুজ (ghaś onno dike śobśomoẏ śobuj)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 隔籬飯香／隔篱饭香 (gaak³ lei⁴ faan⁶ hoeng¹)

  Mandarin: 這山望著那山高／这山望著那山高 (zh) (zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo), 这山望着那山高 (zh) (zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo)

• Danish: græsset er altid grønnere på den anden side af hækken, græsset er altid grønnere på den anden side (da)
• Dutch: het gras is altijd groener bij de buren, het gras is altijd groener aan de overkant
• Esperanto: herbaro ĉiam aspektas pli verda trans barilo
• Finnish: ruoho on aina vihreämpää aidan toisella puolella
• French: l’herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs (fr), l’herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin (fr)
• Galician: a vaca da veciña dá máis leite cá miña
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer besser, die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer noch am besten
• Greek: του γείτονα είναι πάντα καλύτερο (tou geítona eínai pánta kalýtero), το ξένο είναι πιο γλυκό (to xéno eínai pio glykó)
• Hebrew: הַדֶּשֶׁא שֶׁל הַשָּׁכֵן יָרֹק יוֹתֵר (he) (ha-déshe shel ha-shakhén yarók yotér), הַדֶּשֶׁא שֶׁל הַשָּׁכֵן תָּמִיד יָרֹק יוֹתֵר (he) (ha-déshe shel ha-shakhén tamíd yarók yotér)
• Hindi: दूर के ढोल सुहावने (dūr ke ḍhol suhāvne), दूर के ढोल सुहावने लगते हैं (dūr ke ḍhol suhāvne lagte ha͠i)
• Hungarian: a szomszéd rétje mindig zöldebb (hu)
• Indonesian: rumput tetangga selalu terlihat lebih hijau
• Italian: l'erba del vicino è sempre più verde
• Japanese: 隣の芝生は青く見える (となりのしばふはあおくみえる, tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru), 隣の芝生は青い (となりのしばふはあおい, tonari no shibafu wa aoi), 隣の花は赤い (となりのはなはあかい, tonari no hana wa akai)
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• Korean: 남의 떡이 더 커 보인다 (namui tteogi deo keo boinda)
• Kurdish:
• Marathi: दुरून डोंगर साजरे (durūn ḍoṅgar sājre)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gresset er alltid grønnere på den andre siden (no)

  Nynorsk: graset er alltid grønare på den andre sida

• Persian: مرغ همسایه غازه
• Polish: wszędzie dobrze, gdzie nas nie ma
• Portuguese: a grama do vizinho é sempre mais verde (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: сосе́дняя о́чередь всегда́ дви́жется быстре́е (sosédnjaja óčeredʹ vsegdá dvížetsja bystréje), там хорошо́, где нас нет (tam xorošó, gde nas net), (vulgar) в чужи́х рука́х то́лще (v čužíx rukáx tólšče)
• Scottish Gaelic: 's e miann na lacha an loch air nach bi i
• Spanish: la hierba siempre es más verde del otro lado, el pasto siempre es más verde del otro lado
• Swedish: gräset är alltid grönare på andra sidan
• Telugu: దూరపు కొండలు నునుపు (dūrapu koṇḍalu nunupu), పొరుగింటి పుల్లకూర రుచి (te) (porugiṇṭi pullakūra ruci)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: davulun sesi uzaktan hoş gelir
• Ukrainian: у сусі́да ха́та бі́ла (u susída xáta bíla), у сусі́да ха́та білі́ша (u susída xáta bilíša)
• Vietnamese: đứng núi này trông núi nọ
• Westrobothnian:

See also

• forbidden fruit is the sweetest
• how the other half lives