English Explanatory Dictionary

there's no accounting for taste

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-there's no accounting for taste.wav

Word forms

there's no accounting for taste

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin de gustibus non est disputandum.

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

Related words

yuck someone's yum
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