他人の飯は白い Tanin no meshi wa shiroi.

  • 解釈:他人の物はとかくよく見えるものという意。
  • Literal:Rice of others white.
  • Interpretation:Others' thing looks good. Our neighbour's cow gives more milk than ours. Better is the neighbor's hen than yours. He always envies neighbors.
  • 類義:うちの鯛より隣の鰯。隣のじんだ味噌。隣の雑炊。隣の花は赤い。
GLN 日本の諺・金言・名言 A proverb, a maxim, and a wise saying of Japan.