Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there's no accounting for taste

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: there's no ac-count-ing -for -taste
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin de gustibus non est disputandum.

Phrases

yuck someone's yum

Frequently Paired Words

yuck someone's yum

Synonyms

to each his own different strokes for different folks chacun à son goût your mileage may vary one man's meat is another man's poison one man's trash is another man's treasure

Questions

What does there's no accounting for taste mean?: In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.
Where does there's no accounting for taste come from?: Adaptation of Latin de gustibus non est disputandum.

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