Grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow meaning
What does the saying 'Grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow' mean?
Idiom: Grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow
Meaning:
'The grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow' is an expression used to mean a person's desire to have that which another person has in the belief it will make their life easieris false as all situations come with their own set of problems.
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