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 said on
September 26, 2010
这可不是这个世界现实生活的问题嘛!

嘿, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”用中文怎么说?
 said on
September 28, 2010
@Xiao Hu,

如果直接翻译的话:“篱笆那边的草总是更绿”。不过可能中国人可能不会一下子明白,因为我们没有这样的说法。在中国,类似的情况你可以说“XX总是别人的好”,或者“人比人,气死人”。

--Echo

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 said on
January 18, 2011
你好,

我想问一下,把“XX总是别人的好”怎么用?我刚问我的同事但是他不能说清楚。他说我也可以说-

吃着碗里,看着锅里

chī zhe wǎn lǐ, kàn zhe guō lǐ

但是我觉得这个句子和“the grass is greener...." 有点不一样。

谢谢你的帮助!

 said on
January 18, 2011
我还有一个问题,你能不能给我介绍第8问题?
 said on
January 18, 2011
@jfriday11,

中文里就这么说“XX总是别人的好”,比如“老婆总是别人的好”。

你可以把选项里的每个词替换到课文里的句子里,只有一个是不能替换的,就是答案。

--Echo

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 said on
August 9, 2011
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

我觉得这句话是不是与“这山望着那山高”的意思类似。:)
 said on
August 10, 2011
@whiteswan_v,

非常对!就是这个意思。

--Echo

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