“"on the other side "”

The following 2 entries include the term "on the other side ".

laugh on the other side of one's face

idiom

—used to say that a situation will change and someone will stop being happy or pleased

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the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)

idiom

—used to say that the things a person does not have always seem more appealing than the things he or she does have

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