Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2012 12:28:01 GMT -5
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Aaric Murray, continuing his subtle smear campaign, said this about his transfer from La Salle to WVU: "This is what they mean when they say the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. It's a lot greener over here than it was in Philly."
One main reason he used was that La Salle was overshadowed by the other schools in the Big 5, but in Morgantown the Mountaineers are the only game in town.
The Charleston Gazette reprinted Aaric's quote and even tried to cleverly weave it into their story when saying that WVU could be a lot greener with Murray in it. However, Aaric's choice of words was unusual, and it shows his own lack of understanding of the context of the popular phrase but it also shows how carelessly lenient the press can be when they quote famous people.
1) The grass is greener quote first surfaced as a clever SJU rollout (one of the top rollouts of all time) which used double entendre when Aaric was busted for smoking grass soon after transferring to his new school. Just as he was quoted saying "grass is greener" some twitters quickly pointed out the irony of his statement. He accidently re-hash-ed a denigration of himself and though he tried to make it sound positive, it also conjured up reminders of his arrest.
2) "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" is an idiom that Aaric is not using in its proper context - at all. It really should be referring to anyone who tries to fulfill his dream by stepping into someone else's shoes but only then discovers he has longings for his simpler past. (See The Prince and the Pauper and several other similar fables.) Aaric has not fulfilled anything yet at WVU besides being a bystander at an NCAA tournament game and he does not seem to have homesickness for his past either. (Although he keeps checking the color of La Salle's grass in the rear view mirror, he hasn't admitted any green tint to it at all.) The idiom/fable could also be about coveting something so badly because somebody else has it, that it starts to seem greener or more desirable than it actually is - but only once it is attained is it realized for what it is.
That's what "THEY meant when they said the grass is always greener." It doesn't literally mean that the grass actually IS greener. It means that it only appears that way in the deceiving eyes of the beholder.
Aaric Murray, continuing his subtle smear campaign, said this about his transfer from La Salle to WVU: "This is what they mean when they say the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. It's a lot greener over here than it was in Philly."
One main reason he used was that La Salle was overshadowed by the other schools in the Big 5, but in Morgantown the Mountaineers are the only game in town.
The Charleston Gazette reprinted Aaric's quote and even tried to cleverly weave it into their story when saying that WVU could be a lot greener with Murray in it. However, Aaric's choice of words was unusual, and it shows his own lack of understanding of the context of the popular phrase but it also shows how carelessly lenient the press can be when they quote famous people.
1) The grass is greener quote first surfaced as a clever SJU rollout (one of the top rollouts of all time) which used double entendre when Aaric was busted for smoking grass soon after transferring to his new school. Just as he was quoted saying "grass is greener" some twitters quickly pointed out the irony of his statement. He accidently re-hash-ed a denigration of himself and though he tried to make it sound positive, it also conjured up reminders of his arrest.
2) "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" is an idiom that Aaric is not using in its proper context - at all. It really should be referring to anyone who tries to fulfill his dream by stepping into someone else's shoes but only then discovers he has longings for his simpler past. (See The Prince and the Pauper and several other similar fables.) Aaric has not fulfilled anything yet at WVU besides being a bystander at an NCAA tournament game and he does not seem to have homesickness for his past either. (Although he keeps checking the color of La Salle's grass in the rear view mirror, he hasn't admitted any green tint to it at all.) The idiom/fable could also be about coveting something so badly because somebody else has it, that it starts to seem greener or more desirable than it actually is - but only once it is attained is it realized for what it is.
That's what "THEY meant when they said the grass is always greener." It doesn't literally mean that the grass actually IS greener. It means that it only appears that way in the deceiving eyes of the beholder.
