one man's loss is another man's gain

English

Proverb

one man's loss is another man's gain

1. Some people's misfortune is other people's fortune.

Translations

some people's misfortune is other people's fortune

• Arabic: مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu)
• Danish: den enes død, den andens brød
• Finnish: toisen kuolo, toisen leipä
• French: le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres (fr)

See also

• one man's joy is another man's sorrow
• one man's meat is another man's poison
• one man's trash is another man's treasure

Further reading

• “one man s loss is another man s gain”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.