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| English | Russian |
| grass is always greener on the other side of the hill | хорошо там, где нас нет (used (often: ironically) to mean: life is better where we are not) |
| grass is always greener on the other side of the hill | в чужих руках ломоть велик (used ironically to mean: a thing always looks more attractive when it belongs to other people) |