Meanings
- In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbIn subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.
Origin
- Latinde gustibus non est disputandum
- Englishthere's no accounting for taste
Adaptation of Latin de gustibus non est disputandum.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разни хора-разни вкусове
- разни хора-разни вкусове (razni hora-razni vkusove)people's tastes differ
Chinese Mandarin 各有所好, 見仁見智 /见仁见智
- 各有所好 (gèyǒusuǒhào)people's tastes differ
- 見仁見智 /见仁见智 (jiànrénjiànzhì)people's tastes differ
- 人殊意異 /人殊意异 (rén shū yì yì)people's tastes differ
- 仁者見仁，智者見智 /仁者见仁people's tastes differ
- 智者见智 (rénzhějiànrén, zhìzhějiànzhì)people's tastes differ
Czech proti gustu žádný dišputát
- proti gustu žádný dišputátpeople's tastes differ
Danish om smagen kan der ikke diskuteres, de gustibus non est disputandum
- om smagen kan der ikke diskuterespeople's tastes differ
- de gustibus non est disputandumpeople's tastes differ
Dutch over smaak valt niet te twisten
- over smaak valt niet te twistenpeople's tastes differ
Estonian maitse üle ei vaielda
- maitse üle ei vaieldapeople's tastes differ
Finnish makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä
- makuasioista ei pidä kiistelläpeople's tastes differ
French des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas
- des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute paspeople's tastes differ
German über Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten, über den Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten
- über Geschmack lässt sich nicht streitenpeople's tastes differ
- über den Geschmack lässt sich nicht streitenpeople's tastes differ
Hebrew על טעם וריח אין להתוכח
- על טעם וריח אין להתוכח ('al tá'am vəréaẖ en ləhitvakéaẖ)people's tastes differ
Hungarian ízlések és pofonok (in full: ízlések és pofonok különbözőek/különböznek), kinek a pap, kinek a papné
- ízlések és pofonok (in full: ízlések és pofonok különbözőek/különböznek)people's tastes differ
- kinek a pap, kinek a papnépeople's tastes differ
- nem vagyunk egyformákpeople's tastes differ
Icelandic smekkur manna er misjafn
- smekkur manna er misjafnpeople's tastes differ
Japanese 蓼食う虫も好き好き, 十人十色
- 蓼食う虫も好き好き (tade kū mushi mo sukizuki)people's tastes differ
- 十人十色 (jūnin toiro)people's tastes differ
Latin de gustibus non est disputandum
- de gustibus non est disputandumpeople's tastes differ
Norwegian Bokmål smaken er som baken
- smaken er som bakenpeople's tastes differ
Polish o gustach się nie dyskutuje
- o gustach się nie dyskutujepeople's tastes differ
Portuguese gosto não se discute, gostos não se discutem
- gosto não se discutepeople's tastes differ
- gostos não se discutempeople's tastes differ
Romanian gusturile nu se discută, despre gusturi și culori nu se discută
- gusturile nu se discutăpeople's tastes differ
- despre gusturi și culori nu se discutăpeople's tastes differ
Russian о вку́сах не спо́рят, на вку́с и на цвет това́рищей нет
- о вку́сах не спо́рят (o vkúsax ne spórjat)people's tastes differ
- на вку́с и на цвет това́рищей нет (na vkús i na cvet továriščej net)people's tastes differ
Slovak proti gustu žiaden dišputát
- proti gustu žiaden dišputátpeople's tastes differ
Spanish para gustos hay colores, sobre gustos no hay nada escrito
- para gustos hay colorespeople's tastes differ
- sobre gustos no hay nada escritopeople's tastes differ
- gustos son gustospeople's tastes differ
- "para / de / sobre gustos y colores, no existen / hay autores"people's tastes differ
Swedish smaken är som baken
- smaken är som bakenpeople's tastes differ
Thai นานาจิตตัง, ต่างจิตต่างใจ
- นานาจิตตัง (naa-naa-jìt-dtang)people's tastes differ
- ต่างจิตต่างใจpeople's tastes differ
Turkish zevklerle renkler tartışılmaz, zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz
- zevklerle renkler tartışılmazpeople's tastes differ
- zevkler ve renkler tartışılmazpeople's tastes differ
Ukrainian про смаки́ не спереча́ються
- про смаки́ не спереча́ються (pro smaký ne sperečájutʹsja)people's tastes differ
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