GREENER PASTURES meaning: Seeking better opportunities elsewhere - OneLook

Usually means: Seeking better opportunities elsewhere.

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greener pastures: Merriam-Webster
greener pastures: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
greener pastures: Wiktionary
greener pastures: Dictionary.com

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greener pastures: Idioms

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greener pastures: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (greener pastures)

▸ noun: (idiomatic) Any place or condition that is more favorable or beneficial.

Similar:

better light, better place, better nature, meliorant, gold in them thar hills, paradise, Promised Land, advantage, rose garden, ameliorative, more...

Opposite:

bleak future, dark times, tough times, hardship, adversity

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Similar:

better light, better place, better nature, meliorant, gold in them thar hills, paradise, Promised Land, advantage, rose garden, ameliorative, more...

Opposite:

bleak future, dark times, tough times, hardship, adversity

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