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Idiom about problems

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onedayatatime73 · 02/02/2019 10:24

Can anyone remember the idiom/ saying that's something like

If man tried out other people's problems he would realise he prefers his own

That's not it at all but I can't remember it or find it and it's driving me mad. I need to find it for an essay!

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LoisLittsLover · 02/02/2019 10:27

The grass is slways greener on the other side of the fence

Walk a mile in someone else's shoes

MajesticWol · 02/02/2019 10:35

^Those are two different links, similar quotes have been attributed to different people, I’m not sure which is correct.

onedayatatime73 · 02/02/2019 10:42

Yes that's the right sentiment but am sure the phrase has something like "man doth" and problems being in a pot! It's driving me mad that I can't find it.

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MajesticWol · 02/02/2019 11:48

Yes I know what you mean, it’s something like “if all the problems in the world were brought together, many a man would be happiest to take back his own”. But I can’t find it either!

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