the grass is always greener on the other side

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54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طبيخ الجارة نوارة، وطبيخ أهل الدار مرار — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Bengali: ঘাস অন্য দিকে সবসময় সবুজ (ghaś onno dike śobśomoẏ śobuj) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Catalan: l'herba sempre és més verda a l'altra banda — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國的月亮比較圓 /外国的月亮比较圆 — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Danish: græsset er altid grønnere på den anden side af hækken — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Dutch: het gras is altijd groener aan de overkant — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Esperanto: herbaro ĉiam aspektas pli verda trans barilo — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Finnish: ruoho on aina vihreämpää aidan toisella puolella — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• French: l'herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• French: l'herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Galician: a vaca da veciña dá máis leite cá miña — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• German: die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer besser — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• German: die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer noch am besten — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Greek: του γείτονα είναι πάντα καλύτερο (tou geítona eínai pánta kalýtero) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Greek: το ξένο είναι πιο γλυκό (to xéno eínai pio glykó) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Hebrew: הַדֶּשֶׁא שֶׁל הַשָּׁכֵן יָרֹק יוֹתֵר (ha-déshe shel ha-shakhén yarók yotér) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Hebrew: הַדֶּשֶׁא שֶׁל הַשָּׁכֵן תָּמִיד יָרֹק יוֹתֵר (ha-déshe shel ha-shakhén tamíd yarók yotér) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Hindi: दूर के ढोल सुहावने (dūr ke ḍhol suhāvne) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Hindi: दूर के ढोल सुहावने लगते हैं (dūr ke ḍhol suhāvne lagte ha͠i) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Hindi: दूसरे की थाली में घी अधिक दिखाई देता है (dūsre kī thālī mẽ ghī adhik dikhāī detā hai) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Hungarian: a szomszéd rétje mindig zöldebb — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Indonesian: rumput tetangga selalu terlihat lebih hijau — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Irish: is glas na cnoic i bhfad uainn — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Italian: l'erba del vicino è sempre più verde — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Japanese: 隣の芝生は青く見える (tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Japanese: 隣の芝生は青い (tonari no shibafu wa aoi) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Japanese: 隣の花は赤い (tonari no hana wa akai) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Northern Kurdish: dengê defe ji dûr ve xweş e — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Malay: hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, baik juga di negeri sendiri — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Malayalam: അക്കരെ നിന്നാൽ ഇക്കരെ പച്ച (akkare ninnāl ikkare pacca) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Marathi: दुरून डोंगर साजरे (durūn ḍoṅgar sājre) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Moksha: цебярь тоса, ашат коса (cebäŕ tosa, ašat kosa) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Norwegian Bokmål: gresset er alltid grønnere på den andre siden — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: graset er alltid grønare på den andre sida — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Persian: مرغ همسایه غازه — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Polish: wszędzie dobrze, gdzie nas nie ma — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Portuguese: a grama do vizinho é sempre mais verde — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Russian: сосе́дняя о́чередь всегда́ дви́жется быстре́е (sosédnjaja óčeredʹ vsegdá dvížetsja bystréje) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Russian: там хорошо́, где нас нет (tam xorošó, gde nas net) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Russian: в чужи́х рука́х то́лще (v čužíx rukáx tólšče) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Scottish Gaelic: 's e miann na lacha an loch air nach bi i — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Scottish Gaelic: tha iteagan bòidheach air na h-eòin a tha fad às — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Scottish Gaelic: is gorm na cnuic a tha fada bhuainn — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Spanish: la hierba siempre es más verde del otro lado — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Spanish: el pasto siempre es más verde del otro lado — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Swedish: gräset är alltid grönare på andra sidan — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Tamil: இக்கரைக்கு அக்கரை பச்சை (ikkaraikku akkarai paccai) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Tamil: இக்கரை மாட்டுக்கு அக்கரை பச்சை (ikkarai māṭṭukku akkarai paccai) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Telugu: దూరపు కొండలు నునుపు (dūrapu koṇḍalu nunupu) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Telugu: పొరుగింటి పుల్లకూర రుచి (porugiṇṭi pullakūra ruci) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Turkish: davulun sesi uzaktan hoş gelir — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Ukrainian: у сусі́да ха́та бі́ла (u susída xáta bíla) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Ukrainian: у сусі́да ха́та білі́ша (u susída xáta bilíša) — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
• Vietnamese: đứng núi này trông núi nọ — others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.