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There's no accounting for taste

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  1. Personal preferences are not debatable. This saying is a version of a Latin proverb, De gustibus non est disputandum.

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There’s no accounting for taste in a new cycle of “Worst Cooks in America.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2022

"There's no accounting for taste," said someone it seems rather a long time ago.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2017

There’s no accounting for taste when it comes to those Ivy league comedy writers, but they did a great job.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2017

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