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Des einen Feud ist des anderen Leid

English translation: One man's meat is another man's poison

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German term or phrase:Des einen Freud ist des anderen Leid
English translation:One man's meat is another man's poison
Entered by: Jack Doughty

05:45 Jun 1, 2002
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
/ Lebensweisheiten
German term or phrase: Des einen Feud ist des anderen Leid
Ich suche zu obigem Spruch (Lebensweisheit) einen entsprechenden gängigen englischsprachigen Spruch
Richard Krebs
One man's meat is another man's poison
Explanation:
Can't trace "Feud" but I am assuming it is a variant of "Freude".
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9One man's meat is another man's poison
Jack Doughty
5 +6One man's pleasure is another man's pain
Alexander Schleber (X)
4 +1Other folks, other strokes!
Dr. Fred Thomson
4 +1one mans's sorrow, another man's joy
Cilian O'Tuama


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
One man's meat is another man's poison


Explanation:
Can't trace "Feud" but I am assuming it is a variant of "Freude".

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 214
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louise Mawbey
13 mins
agree  Ingrid Grzeszik
2 hrs
agree  Sheila Hardie
3 hrs
agree  Susan Geiblinger: Because you say "Lebensweisheit" und "Spruch" I personally think you should use the idiomatic version
4 hrs
  -> Danke.
agree  brute (X)
7 hrs
agree  Dr.G.MD (X)
8 hrs
agree  ninasc (X)
10 hrs
agree  Jan Liebelt: Bingo! Although you could also say: One man's Freud is another man's fright"!
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Yes, I'm not too keen on Freud's ideas myself.
agree  Agnieszka Hayward (X): to the point!
4 days
  -> Thank you.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
One man's pleasure is another man's pain


Explanation:
Somewhat less colloquial version of a common saying, that maintains the original adjectives.

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Note added at 2002-06-01 08:13:08 (GMT)
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31 hits on Google.

http://www.google.be/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UT...

But, 1300 hits for Jack\'s answer. I guess Jack wins on Google points, though I have never heard that saying except in the UK.

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 21:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2426

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stefano Rosso: Yes, it can't be too colloquial
5 mins
agree  Nikki Graham
43 mins
neutral  Jack Doughty: Good translation but not a common saying in English.
1 hr
  -> British English? Sse the Google URL above
agree  John Kinory (X): I've heard it, Jack :-)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks John, for the confirmation.
agree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
1 day 19 hrs
agree  sylvie malich (X)
3 days 8 hrs
agree  Agnieszka Hayward (X): like it, but... where are the adjectives? ;o)
4 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Other folks, other strokes!


Explanation:
To each his own
All these work, but the best was given by Jack.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 13:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5861

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  brute (X): Different folks, different strokes!
38 mins
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
one mans's sorrow, another man's joy


Explanation:
and
one mans's loss, another man's gain

are both quite common, and the first one has the advantage that it coincides nicely with the German IMO.

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Note added at 2002-06-01 19:05:47 (GMT)
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sorry, \"man\'s\" in both cases

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 21:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7294

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Kinory (X)
2 mins
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