One man's meat is another man's poison

Cultural  

1. What is good for one person may be bad for another; what is pleasant to one person may be unpleasant to another.

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one man's meat is another man's poison Idioms  

1. What is good for or enjoyed by one is not necessarily so for someone else. This adage, first recorded in 1576, is so well known it is often shortened, as in Pat loves to travel to remote areas but that's not for Doris—one man's meat, you know. Also see no accounting for tastes.

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Example Sentences

That which is one man's meat is another man's poison.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony

The trite proverb, "What is one man's meat is another man's poison," is a genuine truth, and is exemplified by hundreds of instances.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Again, as to what are called nuisances, to wit offensive smells, sounds, etc., it is more difficult to determine, on the ground that one man’s meat is another man’s poison.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

While it is true that it is "an ill wind that blows no good," it is also true that what is "one man's meat is another man's poison."

From An Atheist Manifesto by Lewis, Joseph

Yet it is not the less true that "what is one man's meat is another man's poison," and food that is absolutely harmless to one may disorder the entire digestion of another.

From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.