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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

one man's meat is another man's poison en · X

Meanings

  1. People have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another.

Forms

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one man's fish is another man's poison alternative lexicographic
one man's fish is another man's poisson alternative lexicographic

Relateds

one man's trash is another man's treasure · one man's loss is another man's gain · there's no accounting for taste

Translations (9)

fi yhden herkku on toisen myrkky (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · de der eine isst gern Wurst, der andere grüne Seife (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · cs někdo má rád vdolky, jiný zase holky (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · sv den enes död är den andres bröd (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · pl kto co lubi (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · es nunca llueve a gusto de todos (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · ar مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · nds-de den enen sien Uul is den annern sien Nachtigal (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another) · jam what a joke fi yuh, a death to me (people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another)