One man's meat is another man's poison.
Quod cibus est aliis, aliis est acre venenum.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- From bad to worse.
- Our day will come.
- It never rains but it pours.
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
- Fortune is blind.
- Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
- It is not work that kills but worry.
- Misfortunes never come alone.
- Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
- While the grass grows, the horse starves.
- He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
- An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.
- Every flow has its ebb.
- Bread never falls but on its buttered side.
- Whom God loves, his bitch brings forth pigs.
- Into the mouth of a bad dog often falls a good bone.
- Rust eats up iron.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- One man's loss is another man's gain.
- One man's breath is another's death.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Quod cibus est aliis, aliis est acre venenum. What is food to some is a sharp poison to others.
French
- Le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres. One man's misfortune is another man's gain.
- Le profit de l'un est le dommage de l' autre. One man's profit is another man's loss.
- Ce qui nuit à l'un, duit à l'autre. What harms one, benefits the other.
German
- Des einen Tod, des andern Brot. One man's death is another man's bread.
- Des einen Leid ist des andern Freud'. One man's grief is another man's joy.
Czech
- Cizí neštěstí druhdy vhod. Other people's misfortune comes in handy.