English
Etymology
Calque of Latin suum cuique, short for suum cuique pulchrum est (“to each his own is beautiful”).
Proverb
to each his own
- 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.
- Everyone should receive what they deserve.
Synonyms
Translations
every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences
- Afrikaans: elkeen na sy eie smaak, elkeen maak soos hy smaak
- Belarusian: ко́жнаму сваё́ (kóžnamu svajó)
- Bulgarian: все́киму сво́ето (vsékimu svóeto)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 各有所好 (zh) (gèyǒusuǒhào)
- Czech: každému co jeho jest
- Danish: enhver sin smag, hver sin smag, smag og behag er forskellig
- Dutch: ieder zijn ding, ieder het zijne
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kukin taaplaa tyylillään, kukin tavallaan, makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä
- French: à chacun son goût
- German: jedem das Seine (de)
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: ízlések és pofonok
- Italian: a ciascuno il suo, a ognuno il suo
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- 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 (それぞれじぶんじしんに, sorezore jibunjishin-ni)
- Latin: suum cuique
- Macedonian: секому своето (sekomu svoeto)
- Norwegian: enhver sin smak, hver sin smak
- Polish: każdemu swoje
- Portuguese: a cada um o que é seu, cada qual com o seu cada qual
- Russian: ка́ждый по-сво́ему (káždyj po-svójemu), ка́ждому своё (káždomu svojó)
- Serbo-Croatian: сваком своје, svakom svoje
- Slovene: vsakomur svoje, vsakemu svoje
- Spanish: cada quién a su gusto, cada loco con su tema
- Swedish: smaken är som baken – delad
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz
- Ukrainian: ко́жному своє́ (uk) (kóžnomu svojé)
- Vietnamese: mỗi người một nẻo
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