隣となりの芝しばは青あおい

expression, i-adjective

the grass is always greener on the other side

Proverb expressing the tendency to think others' situations are better than one's own. Often used as a set phrase.

See also: 隣の芝生は青い

• 隣となりの芝しばは青あおいと思おもって、転てん職しょくばかり考かんがえてしまう。

  Thinking the grass is always greener on the other side, I keep considering changing jobs.

• 彼かれはいつも隣となりの芝しばは青あおいと言いって、自じ分ぶんの生せい活かつに満まん足ぞくしていない。

  He always says the grass is greener on the other side and is never satisfied with his own life.