Translation of an English saying?

[Alina Israeli]

This is a misunderstanding of the original assignment. While #2 on the 
list below means 'If it ain't broke don't fix it', the rest condemn 
envy.  The original phrase about the green grass on the other hand means 
the propensity of humans to believe that it's better somewhere else 
rather than where the protagonist (speaker or listener) is.

Here's a phrase I just found which is very close to the green grass: 
Курица соседа выглядит гусыней. 
(http://zhurnal.lib.ru/p/pawel_g/poslowicyipogoworkidorewoljucionnogoisowetskogowremen.shtml)

AI

Alfia Rakova wrote:
> It can be something like this ("trava zelenee" is not a Russian proverb):
>
> -Zavistlivoe oko vidit dalioko,
> -Ot dobra dobra ne ischut,
> -Chuzhoe dobro v glazah riabit,
> -Na chuzhoj karavaj rot ne razevaj,
> -Berut zavidki na chuzhie pozhitki,
> -Ne kosi glaz na chuzhoj kvas, etc. (funny, ah?)
>
> And there are many more if you are talking about zavist'.
>
> Best wishes.
> Alfia Rakova
>
>   

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