Phrase guide

there's no accounting for taste

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

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proverb

Meaning 1

In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin de gustibus non est disputandum.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ճաշակին ընկեր չկա (čašakin ənker čʻka) — people's tastes differ
  • Bulgarian: разни хора-разни вкусове (razni hora-razni vkusove) — people's tastes differ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各有所好 (gèyǒusuǒhào) — people's tastes differ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 見仁見智 /见仁见智 (jiànrénjiànzhì) — people's tastes differ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人殊意異 /人殊意异 (rén shū yì yì) — people's tastes differ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仁者見仁,智者見智 /仁者见仁 — people's tastes differ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 智者见智 (rénzhějiànrén, zhìzhějiànzhì) — people's tastes differ
  • Czech: proti gustu žádný dišputát — people's tastes differ
  • Danish: om smagen kan der ikke diskuteres — people's tastes differ
  • Danish: de gustibus non est disputandum — people's tastes differ
  • Dutch: over smaak valt niet te twisten — people's tastes differ
  • Estonian: maitse üle ei vaielda — people's tastes differ
  • Finnish: makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä — people's tastes differ
  • French: des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas — people's tastes differ
  • Georgian: გემოვნებაზე არ დაობენ (gemovnebaze ar daoben) — people's tastes differ
  • German: über Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten — people's tastes differ
  • German: über den Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten — people's tastes differ
  • Hebrew: על טעם וריח אין להתוכח ('al tá'am vəréaẖ en ləhitvakéaẖ) — people's tastes differ
  • Hungarian: ízlések és pofonok (in full: ízlések és pofonok különbözőek/különböznek) — people's tastes differ
  • Hungarian: kinek a pap, kinek a papné — people's tastes differ
  • Hungarian: nem vagyunk egyformák — people's tastes differ
  • Icelandic: smekkur manna er misjafn — people's tastes differ
  • Japanese: 蓼食う虫も好き好き (tade kū mushi mo sukizuki) — people's tastes differ
  • Japanese: 十人十色 (jūnin toiro) — people's tastes differ
  • Latin: de gustibus non est disputandum — people's tastes differ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smaken er som baken — people's tastes differ
  • Polish: o gustach się nie dyskutuje — people's tastes differ
  • Portuguese: gosto não se discute — people's tastes differ
  • Portuguese: gostos não se discutem — people's tastes differ
  • Romanian: gusturile nu se discută — people's tastes differ
  • Romanian: despre gusturi și culori nu se discută — people's tastes differ
  • Russian: о вку́сах не спо́рят (o vkúsax ne spórjat) — people's tastes differ
  • Russian: на вку́с и на цвет това́рищей нет (na vkús i na cvet továriščej net) — people's tastes differ
  • Slovak: proti gustu žiaden dišputát — people's tastes differ
  • Spanish: para gustos hay colores — people's tastes differ
  • Spanish: sobre gustos no hay nada escrito — people's tastes differ
  • Spanish: gustos son gustos — people's tastes differ
  • Spanish: "para / de / sobre gustos y colores, no existen / hay autores" — people's tastes differ
  • Swedish: smaken är som baken — people's tastes differ
  • Thai: นานาจิตตัง (naa-naa-jìt-dtang) — people's tastes differ
  • Thai: ต่างจิตต่างใจ — people's tastes differ
  • Turkish: zevklerle renkler tartışılmaz — people's tastes differ
  • Turkish: zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz — people's tastes differ
  • Ukrainian: про смаки́ не спереча́ються (pro smaký ne sperečájutʹsja) — people's tastes differ