one man's meat is another man's poison
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
Arabic:
مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ
(
maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu
)
Czech:
někdo má rád vdolky, jiný zase holky
Finnish:
yhden herkku on toisen myrkky
German:
der eine isst gern Wurst, der andere grüne Seife
German Low German:
den enen sien Uul is den annern sien Nachtigal
(
literally
“
one man's owl is another's nightingale
”
)
Jamaican Creole:
what a joke fi yuh, a death to me
Polish:
kto co lubi
Russian:
что ру́сскому хорошо́, то не́мцу — смерть
(ru)
(
što rússkomu xorošó, to némcu — smertʹ
, literally
“
a good thing for a Russian is death for the German
”
)
Spanish:
nunca llueve a gusto de todos
Swedish:
den enes död är den andres bröd
(
literally
“
the death of one, the bread of the other
”
)
See also
one man's loss is another man's gain
one man's trash is another man's treasure
there's no accounting for taste