“The grass is always greener on the other side”in other languages
Other people's lives always seem better than your own.
Irish
Persian
Vietnamese
IrishPersianVietnameseSame idea, different pictures
The idea is ancient: the Roman poet Ovid wrote that the crop in other people's fields always looks richer. English moves it to the neighbor's lawn, and Irish to hills far away, is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn.
Persian looks at the neighbor's chicken and sees a goose, مرغ همسایه غاز است. Vietnamese stands on one mountain gazing at another, never satisfied with the one it's on.
More sayings in other languages
- Grease someone's palm
- Hammer and tongs
- Have a thing for someone
- Have a free hand
- Have a lot on one's plate
- Have a nerve
- Have had it up to here
- Have one's back to the wall
- Have one's head in the clouds