greener pastures
Improved conditions ahead
Greener pastures are better circumstances or opportunities elsewhere.
The phrase evokes livestock moving to fields with more abundant grass: She left the company for greener pastures.
Often appears with verbs of movement—seek, find, move to, head for.
The grass may not actually be greener, but the phrase captures the hope that it will be.
- promised landHoped-for place of fulfillment
- hopefulnessExpectation of positive outcomes
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- dream jobPerfect occupation imagined
- improvementPositive change in quality
better life · brighter future · positivity · migration · escape · great outdoors · faith · fulfillment · golden opportunity · opportunity · growth · prosperity · fresh start · starting over · change · relocation · new chapter · advancement
greener pasturesdead end
Passage without outlet
same old same old · sinking ship · dead-end job · dire straits · rock bottom
greener pasturessame old same old
Wearisome repetition of routine
settling · staying put · contentment · making do · here and now
greener pasturesdead end
Passage without outlet
downward spiral · going nowhere · stuck in a rut · spinning your wheels · treading water
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