English Explanatory Dictionary

one man's fish is another man's poisson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Alternative form of one man's meat is another man's poison.

Word forms

one man's fish is another man's poisson

Etymology

Pun on one man's fish is another man's poison, replacing poison with the French word poisson (“fish”).

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