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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

one man's loss is another man's gain en · X

Meanings

  1. Some people's misfortune is other people's fortune.

Relateds

one man's trash is another man's treasure · one man's meat is another man's poison · one man's joy is another man's sorrow

Translations (5)

da den enes død, den andens brød (some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) · fi toisen kuolo, toisen leipä (some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) · sv den enes död, den andres bröd (some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) · fr le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres (some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) · ar مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (some people's misfortune is other people's fortune)