one man's trash is another man's treasure en · X
Etymology
One early use is in Hector Urquhart's Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860s) where he wrote "one man's rubbish may be another's treasure".http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60429/ddg#60472
Meanings
- What is useless to one person is valuable to another.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| one man's loss is another man's gain | alternative | lexicographic | |
| one man's meat is another man's poison | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
it's not a bug, it's a feature · there's no accounting for taste
Translations (9)
cmn 物之貴賤，因人而異 /物之贵贱 (Translations) · de des einen Leid ist des anderen Freud (Translations) · it Ciò che per un uomo è spazzatura per un altro può essere un tesoro. (Translations) · cmn 因人而异 (Translations) · fi yhden roska on toisen aarre (Translations) · pt lixo para uns, luxo para outros (Translations) · pt o lixo de um homem é o tesouro de outro (Translations) · ru что для одного человека мусор, то для другого - сокровище (Translations) · es la basura de un hombre es el tesoro de otro (Translations)