Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one man's fish is another man's poisson

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
one -man's -fish is an-oth-er -man's pois-son
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of one man's meat is another man's poison.

Humorous

Etymology

Pun on one man's fish is another man's poison, replacing poison with the French word poisson (“fish”).

Usage

Questions

What does one man's fish is another man's poisson mean?
Alternative form of one man's meat is another man's poison.
Where does one man's fish is another man's poisson come from?
Pun on one man's fish is another man's poison, replacing poison with the French word poisson (“fish”).

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