| 单词 | the grass is always greener on the other side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) d. Originally U.S. the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) and variants: other people's lives, situations, etc., always seem (superficially) better than one's own; often shortened to the grass is always greener. [Compare classical Latin fertilior seges est aliēnīs semper in agrīs, lit. ‘the harvest is always more fruitful in another man’s fields’ (Ovid Ars Amatoria 1. 349).] ΚΠ 1897 Salt Lake Tribune 5 Aug. 1/8 The [Klondyke gold] mines are wonderful, but probably not so wonderful as represented. Grass is always greener, you know, further away. 1928 Tulia (Texas) Herald 17 May 6/3 ‘The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence’, is still in vogue. Why does the young man have to go away from home to get far in the world? 1984 S. Terkel Good War (1985) ii. iv. 248 The grass is always greener on the other side. It's a tendency, I suppose. 2010 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 108/2 It's really important not to waste time being envious of other people, believing that the grass is always greener. < as lemmas |
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