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greener pastures

a better or more exciting job or place. A lot of scientists are seeking greener pastures abroad because of the scarcity of opportunities at home.

pastures new (British, American & Australian)

if someone goes to pastures new, they leave their job or home in order to go to a new one. Tom's off to pastures new. He's got a transfer to Australia.

See also: new

put someone out to pasture

to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. He felt he was still too young to be put out to pasture.

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greener pastures

a better situation. After a successful year, the young, ambitious coach was seeking greener pastures with another team. The survey finds many older residents are looking for greener pastures.

put someone out to pasture

to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. At 62, he felt he was not ready to be put out to pasture.

Etymology: based on the tradition of keeping farm animals that are too old to work in a pasture (= land covered with grass)