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The Grass is Always Greener

Date: May 30 2007

Lesson

"The grass is always greener" is an English saying that means what you don't have always seems better than what you already have. In other words, what you have is never good enough.

This saying is short for "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."

This saying is usually used as a response to someone who is complaining.

For example:

John: "I don't like my job. I would be much happier if I were a doctor."

Martha: "The grass is always greener."

Stanley: "I wish that I lived in Spain instead of England."

Margo: "The grass is always greener. If you lived in Spain you would complain about that too."

Comments

\| 12:20 AM Nov 06 2007 \| Reply
vietnamesegirl Viet Nam	I like this English saying. That is for people be never sastisfied with whatever they have got. In Vietnam,my country, there is also an idiom like that: “Stand in this mountain but look at the other one”.

vietnamesegirl

Viet Nam

I like this English saying. That is for people be never sastisfied with whatever they have got. In Vietnam,my country, there is also an idiom like that: “Stand in this mountain but look at the other one”.

\| 02:14 PM Jun 05 2007 \| Reply
juliabutterfly Australia	Thanks for sharing. That's very interesting .

juliabutterfly

Australia

Thanks for sharing. That's very interesting .

\| 02:21 AM Jun 05 2007 \| Reply
sweet_sweet427 Iran, Islamic Republic Of	hi.f/25. from iran. we have a idiom in our language that its translation in english means: the neighbour's hen is goose for u. nice idiom.thanx

sweet_sweet427

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi.f/25. from iran.

we have a idiom in our language that its translation in english means:

the neighbour's hen is goose for u.

nice idiom.thanx