世博习惯用语【15】The grass is always greener 这山望着那山高

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The grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence).

Definition: What you don't have always looks better than what you have.

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和这个惯用语基本相当的中文说法是“这山望着那山高”。意思就是说得不到的总是看起来更诱人一些，总是比已经拥有的好。常常只说The grass is always greener, 而省略后面的on the other side of the fence. 比如说，刚开始你觉得没男朋友挺好，自由自在，but when you haven’t been out for a while you may start to envy of Grace’s dates with her handsome boy. :-) Oh well, the grass is always greener. 是不是呢？

Example Dialog:

Sandra: How are things going with your new job? 新工作做的怎么样？
Lisa: Not bad. But not as wonderful as I’d expected before I secured it. 还不错。但没我上班前想得那么好。
Sandra: Well, I understand that. You know, the grass is always greener. 是啊，我理解，还没得到一件东西时总觉得它很诱人。