to each his own

English

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Alternative forms

• each to his own

Etymology

A calque of Latin suum cuique, short for suum cuique pulchrum est (“to each his own is beautiful”).

Proverb

to each his own

1. Every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences and tastes.

   I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.

Synonyms

• there's no accounting for taste

Translations

every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences

• Afrikaans: elkeen na sy eie smaak (af), elkeen maak soos hy smaak (af)
• Belarusian: кожнаму сваё (be) (kóžnamu svajó)
• Bulgarian: всекиму своето (bg) (vsékimu svóeto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每一個他自己的 (cmn), 每一个他自己的 (cmn) (měi yī ge tā zìjǐ de)

• Czech: každému co jeho jest (cs)
• Danish: enhver sin smag (da), hver sin smag (da), smag og behag er forskellig (da)
• Dutch: ieder zijn ding (nl), ieder het zijne (nl)
• Finnish: kukin taaplaa tyylillään (fi), kukin tavallaan (fi), makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä (fi)
• French: chacun à son goût (fr)
• German: jedem das Seine (de)

• Italian: a ciascuno il suo (it)
• Japanese: 十人十色 (ja) (じゅうにんといろ, jū nin to iro), それぞれ自分自身に (ja) (それぞれじぶんじしんに, sorezore jibunjishin-ni)
• Latin: suum cuique (la)
• Norwegian: enhver sin smak (no), hver sin smak (no)
• Polish: każdemu swoje (pl)
• Russian: каждый по-своему (ru) (káždyj po-svójemu), каждому своё (ru) (káždomu svojó)
• Serbo-Croatian: сваком своје (sh), svakom svoje (sh)
• Slovene: vsakomur svoje (sl)
• Spanish: cada quién a su gusto (es)
• Ukrainian: кожному своє (uk) (kóžnomu svojé)

See also

• you pays your money and you takes your choice

Anagrams

• each to his own