[side] See: [CHOOSE UP SIDES], [FROM SIDE TO SIDE], [GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED], [GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE] or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

[grass is always greener on the other side of the fence] or [grass is always greener on the other side of the hill] We are often not satisfied and want […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth

[laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth] or [laugh on the other side of one's mouth] or [laugh out of the other side of one's mouth] {v. phr.}, {informal} […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hill

[hill] See: [GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE] or [GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL], [HEAD FOR THE HILLS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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