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the grass is always greener on the other side

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wszędzie dobrze, gdzie nas nie ma

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the grass is always greener on the other side

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EN · B2

Country and City

  1. A

    Sometimes I think life would be easier in the city.

    Czasem myślę, że w mieście miałbym łatwiej.

  2. B

    And I miss the countryside. The grass is always greener on the other side.

    A ja tęsknię za wsią. Wszędzie dobrze, gdzie nas nie ma.

  3. A

    What do you miss most?

    Czego ci najbardziej brakuje?

  4. B

    The morning quiet.

    Ciszy o poranku.

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Translations

Polishwszędzie dobrze, gdzie nas nie maidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germanauf der anderen Seite ist das Gras immer grüneridiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishel jardín del vecino siempre es más verdeidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianхорошо там, где нас нетidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

Examples of use

Polish

Zazdrościsz jej pracy, ale wszędzie dobrze, gdzie nas nie ma.

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English

You envy her job, but the grass is always greener on the other side.

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German

Du beneidest sie um ihren Job, aber auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras immer grüner.

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Spanish

Envidias su trabajo, pero el jardín del vecino siempre es más verde.

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Russian

Ты завидуешь её работе, но хорошо там, где нас нет.

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Grammar

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the grass is always greener on the other side
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Example

You envy her job, but the grass is always greener on the other side.

beat around the bush

owijać w bawełnę

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hit the nail on the head

trafić w sedno

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get to the bottom of something

ustalić przyczynę czegoś

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jump to conclusions

wyciągać pochopne wnioski

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take something with a pinch of salt

podchodzić do czegoś z rezerwą

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a blessing in disguise

szczęście w nieszczęściu

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If we compare only the time spent without considering the scope of the work, we may be comparing apples and oranges.

Porównując sam czas pracy bez uwzględnienia jej zakresu, możemy zestawiać jabłka z gruszkami.

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The game is not worth the candle if a minor improvement requires abandoning every previous arrangement.

Skórka nie jest warta wyprawki, jeśli drobna poprawa wymaga porzucenia wszystkich dotychczasowych ustaleń.

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When recognition becomes an end in itself, it is easy to lose sight of the cause it was meant to serve.

Gdy uznanie staje się celem samym w sobie, łatwo stracić z oczu sprawę, której miało służyć.

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This freedom is a double-edged sword: it allows action to be adapted to the situation but makes it harder to compare individuals' responsibilities.

Ta swoboda jest mieczem obosiecznym: pozwala dostosować działanie do sytuacji, ale utrudnia porównanie odpowiedzialności poszczególnych osób.

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The Achilles' heel of this plan is not a shortage of ideas but dependence on a single source of information whose reliability has not been checked.

Piętą achillesową tego planu jest nie brak pomysłów, lecz zależność od jednego źródła informacji, którego wiarygodności nie sprawdzono.

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A seemingly technical amendment may become a Trojan horse for a change whose consequences participants had no opportunity to discuss.

Pozornie techniczna poprawka może stać się koniem trojańskim dla zmiany, której skutków uczestnicy nie mieli możliwości przedyskutować.

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