different strokes

different strokes (for different folks)

Different people will like or do different things. My mom loves cooking, but I hate being in the kitchen—different strokes for different folks, I guess. A: "Baseball is so boring, though." B: "So don't come with me then. It's OK—different strokes." I could never sit on the beach all day like Aunt Joan, but different strokes for different folks, I guess."
See also: different, stroke
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different ˈstrokes (for different ˈfolks)

(American English) used to say that different people like or need different things
See also: different, stroke
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