the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
greener pastures
greener in British English
(ˈɡriːnə)
noun
informal
an immigrant who has only recently arrived
Examples of 'greener' in a sentence
greener
Don't start thinking about the grass being greener next door, because it's not.
Tony Parsons MAN AND WIFE (2002)
The trees that line the boulevards look greener at this hour.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2002)
The water was low, its surface encrusted with an algae greener than the grass which sprang between the tiling at the pool's edge.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2002)
All related terms of 'greener'
green
Green is the colour of grass or leaves.
greener pastures
a new and better situation
sea green
Something that is sea-green is a bluish-green colour like the colour of the sea.
the grass is greener
If you say the grass is greener somewhere else, you mean that other people's situations always seem better or more attractive than your own, but may not really be so.
deep green
a person, esp a politician , who is in favour of taking extreme measures to tackle environmentalist issues
jade green
a colour varying from yellowish-green to bluish-green
moss green
of a mid- to dark-green colour, resembling the colour of moss
Nile green
a pale bluish-green colour
sage green
a greyish green colour similar to that of sage leaves
almond green
a yellowish-green colour
bottle green
Something that is bottle-green is dark green in colour.
emerald green
a clear, deep-green color
forest green
See Lincoln green
pastures new greener pastures
If someone leaves for greener pastures , or in British English pastures new , they leave their job , their home , or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better .
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
said to mean that other people may appear to be in a better or more attractive situation than you, but in reality their situation may not be as good as it seems