"隣の芝生は青く見える" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

Forms: 隣の芝生は青く見える "The neighbor's grass seems green" [canonical] (ruby: (となり), (しば), (), (あお), ()), tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru [romanization], 隣の芝生は靑く見える [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|となり の しばふ は あおく みえる}} 隣(となり)の芝(しば)生(ふ)は青(あお)く見(み)える • (tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru)
  1. "the grass is always greener on the other side": The others' circumstances seem more desirable. Tags: idiomatic
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