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One man's meat is another man's poison

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One man's meat is another man's poison.
something that you say which means that something one person likes very much can be something that another person does not like at all. I wouldn't want to do her job, but she seems to love it. Oh well, one man's meat is another man's poison.
See also: another, meat, poison
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Well, to be sure, what's one man's meat is another man's poison, and the same is altogether as true of women.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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