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one man's meat is another man's poison

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
one -man's meat is an-oth-er -man's poi-son
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

People have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another.

Inflected Forms

one man's fish is another man's poison (alternative) one man's fish is another man's poisson (alternative)

Phrases

one man's loss is another man's gain one man's trash is another man's treasure there's no accounting for taste

Frequently Paired Words

one man's loss is another man's gain one man's trash is another man's treasure there's no accounting for taste

Questions

What does one man's meat is another man's poison mean?
People have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another.

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