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1 The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
1) Образное выражение: Соседняя очередь всегда движется быстрее2) Пословица: Трава всегда кажется зеленее по ту сторону забора (или «Везде хорошо, где нас нет»)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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2 the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the fence
идиом. (ситуации и жизни других людей всегда лучше, чем своя собственная)букв.трава (всегда) зеленее по другую сторону забора (холма)≈ хорошо там, где нас нетАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the fence
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3 the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the hill
идиом. (ситуации и жизни других людей всегда лучше, чем своя собственная)букв.трава (всегда) зеленее по другую сторону забора (холма)≈ хорошо там, где нас нетАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the hill
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4 the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the fence
идиом. (ситуации и жизни других людей всегда лучше, чем своя собственная)букв.трава (всегда) зеленее по другую сторону забора (холма)≈ хорошо там, где нас нетАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the fence
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5 the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the hill
идиом. (ситуации и жизни других людей всегда лучше, чем своя собственная)букв.трава (всегда) зеленее по другую сторону забора (холма)≈ хорошо там, где нас нетАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > the grass is (always) greener on the other side of the hill
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6 The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
На чужом дворе и трава зеленее. За соседским забором и трава зеленееDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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7 grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Пословица: везде хорошо, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), там хорошо, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), хорошо там, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), в чужих руках ломоть велик (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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8 grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
Пословица: хорошо там, где нас нет (used( often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not), в чужих руках ломоть велик (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
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9 grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
там хорошо́, где нас нетThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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10 the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
посл.≈ хорошо там, где нас нетLarge English-Russian phrasebook > the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
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11 grass
I [graːs] nThe horse was cropping the grass. — Лошадь щипала траву.
Grass shoots up rapidly after rain. — Трава быстро поднимается после дождя.
Keep off the grass! — По газонам/по траве не ходить! /По газон ходить воспрещается!
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. — ◊ Хорошо там, где нас нет.
Grass does not grow under his feet. — ◊ Он времени даром не теряет. /Он на ходу подметки рвет.
- tall grassA snake in the grass. — ◊ Змея подколодная.
- green grass
- meager grass
- various grasses
- flowering grass
- dripping grass
- cut grass
- trampled grass
- grass seeds
- grass court
- grass sparkling with dew
- grass covered with dew
- grass parched by the sun
- grass of unusual height
- tuft of grass
- stem of grass - covered with grass
- fields green with grass
- weed grass
- lose smth in the grass
- be out at grass
- put out cows to grass- walk through in the tall grass- walk through the dewy grass
- cut the grass
- play on the grass
- lie on the grass
- spread smth over the grass
- feed on the grass
- turn cattle to grass
- put land under grass
- are covered with green grass
- grass came up
- grass withers
- grass shoots up
- grass grows
- grass appears refreshed with rainUSAGE:(1.) Существительное grass может употребляться с предлогами on и in, соответствуя русским на траве и в траве. (2.) Существительное grass как название растительности употребляется без артикля, а в значении местоположения - с определенным артиклем: to lie in/on the grass лежать в/на траве; What is the colour of grass? Какого цвета трава? (3.) See air, n; USAGE (1.), (2.).II [graːs] v1) засевать травой, зарастать травойThe old path was grassed over. — Старая дорожка заросла травой.
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12 always
См. также в других словарях:
the grass is always greener — This idiom means that what other people have or do looks preferable to our life. The complete phrase is The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence … The small dictionary of idiomes
the grass is always greener — This idiom means that what other people have or do looks preferable to our life. The complete phrase is The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence . (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
The grass is always greener — This idiom means that what other people have or do looks preferable to our life. The complete phrase is The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence … Dictionary of English idioms
the grass is always greener on the other side — (of the fence) see ↑grass, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fence the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) used to say that the things you do not have always seem more appealing than the things you do have • • • Main Entry: ↑grass … Useful english dictionary
(the) grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence). — The grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence). something that you say which means that other people always seem to be in a better situation than you, although they may not be. And when I haven t been out for a while I start to envy … New idioms dictionary
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence — ► the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence proverb other people s lives or situations always seem better than your own. Main Entry: ↑grass … English terms dictionary
(the) grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) — the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) idiom (saying) said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think that other people have a better situation than they have Main entry: ↑grassidiom … Useful english dictionary
(the) grass is (always) greener on the other side — the grass is (always) greener on the other side phrase life seems better somewhere else, or other people’s situations seem better than your own Thesaurus: jealous and envioussynonym Main entry: grass … Useful english dictionary
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the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence — proverb other people s lives or situations always seem better than one s own * * * the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) see ↑grass, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fence the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)… … Useful english dictionary
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence — Cf. OVID Ars Amatoria I. 349 fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris, the harvest is always more fruitful in another man’s fields. 1959 H. & M. WILLIAMS in J. C. Trewin Plays of Year XIX. 13 (title) The grass is greener. 1965 Which? Mar. 91… … Proverbs new dictionary