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one man's meat is another man's poison

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Arabic: مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu) — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Czech: někdo má rád vdolky, jiný zase holky — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Finnish: yhden herkku on toisen myrkky — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • German: der eine isst gern Wurst, der andere grüne Seife — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Jamaican Creole: what a joke fi yuh, a death to me — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Low German: den enen sien Uul is den annern sien Nachtigal — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Polish: kto co lubi — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Spanish: nunca llueve a gusto de todos — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
  • Swedish: den enes död är den andres bröd — people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another