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