隣となりの糂じん粏だ味み噌そ

expression

the grass is always greener on the other side

Proverb meaning that other people's things or situations often seem better than one's own. The literal image is that the neighbor's salted rice-bran paste smells sweeter.

• 「隣となりの糂じん粏だ味み噌そ」ということわざがある。

  There is a proverb, 'the neighbor's salted rice-bran paste.'

• 彼かれはいつも隣となりの芝しば生ふが青あおく見みえると言いうが、まさに隣となりの糂じん粏だ味み噌そだ。

  He always says the grass is greener on the other side; it's exactly 'the neighbor's salted rice-bran paste.'