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New page: == Literal Meaning == Another person's rice cake looks big. == Usage == Used to remind someone that envy may be clouding his or her judgment. == Korean Equivalent == == English Equival...
 
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Another person's rice cake looks big.
Another person's rice cake looks big.
== Usage  ==
== Usage  ==
Used to remind someone that envy may be clouding his or her judgment.
You use this proverb to say that the things other people have or their situations always look better than your own, even when they are really not.
== Korean Equivalent  ==
 
== English Equivalent  ==
== English Equivalent  ==
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
== Other Sources ==
== Sentence examples ==


== Also see  ==
== Also see  ==


[[Category:Proverbs]]
[[Category:Proverbs]]

Latest revision as of 15:41, 6 October 2009

Literal Meaning

Another person's rice cake looks big.

Usage

You use this proverb to say that the things other people have or their situations always look better than your own, even when they are really not.

English Equivalent

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

Sentence examples

Also see