隣となりの花はなは赤あかい

expression, i-adjective

the grass is always greener on the other side

Proverb expressing that other people's things or situations always seem better than one's own. Literally 'the neighbor's flowers are red'.

• 隣となりの花はなは赤あかいと言いうけど、自じ分ぶんの庭にわも悪わるくないよ。

  They say the grass is always greener on the other side, but my own garden isn't bad either.