one man's meat is another man's poison
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Contents
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English
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Proverb
1.2.1
Translations
English
Alternative forms
one man's fish is another man's poison
one man's fish is another man's poisson
Proverb
one
man
's
meat
is
another
man
's
poison
People have differing
tastes
; what
pleases
one person may
displease
another.
Translations
people have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another
French:
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres
(fr)
(some people's misfortune is other people's fortune)
German Low German:
den enen sien Uul is den annern sien Nachtigal
(
"one man's owl is another's nightingale"
)
Russian:
что ру́сскому хорошо́, то не́мцу — смерть
(ru)
(
što rússkomu xorošó, to némcu — smertʹ
)
(a good thing for a Russian is death for the German (foreigner))
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Spanish:
nunca llueve a gusto de todos
Swedish:
Den enes död är den andres bröd.
(sv)
(The death of one, the bread of the other)
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