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What does 'Grass is always greener on the other side' mean?
A proverb that means people often desire what others have, thinking it better than what they themselves have.
What is the origion of 'Grass is always greener on the other side'?
This phrase suggests a common human tendency to envy others' situations, believing them to be better than one's own, without knowing the full circumstances. Possibly originates in Ovid's 'Art of Love', in which the poet writes: 'the harvest is always richer in another man's field.'
Emoji meanings
- represents 'grass'
symbolizing content or desire in different contexts
represents 'always'indicating the perspective or viewpoint of comparing
represents 'on the other side'symbolizing the concept of something else always seeming more desirable
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