مرغ همسایه غاز است

Meaning: The grass is always greener next door.

Language: Persian

Literally: The neighbour's chicken is a goose

Category: Animals

Origin: The neighbour's modest hen always looks like a fat goose, picturing envy of what others have.

More idioms — Animals

• A umbla cu cioara vopsită — To try to deceive people with falsehoods.
• Ići niz dlaku — To go smoothly and agreeably.
• Að fara í geitarhús að leita ullar — To seek something where it can't possibly be found.
• So skaars soos hoendertande — Extremely rare; almost non-existent.
• آستین کا سانپ — A treacherous false friend.
• Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.

More Persian idioms

• از این ستون به آن ستون فرج است — Even a small change may bring hope.
• قربونت برم — An affectionate thank-you or term of endearment — 'you're so dear to me'.
• زیر آب کسی را زدن — To secretly sabotage or betray someone behind their back.
• نمک‌گیر شدن — To feel bound by gratitude after sharing someone's food or hospitality.
• خر بیار و باقالی بار کن — Utter chaos; an endless, overwhelming mess.
• نوشدارو بعد از مرگ سهراب — A solution that arrives uselessly too late.

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