Dictionary.com
definitions

to each his own

One has a right to one's personal preferences, as in I'd never pick that color, but to each his own. Versions of this maxim appeared in the late 1500s but the modern wording was first recorded in 1713.

RELATED CONTENT

Each Firework Type Has A Name … Do You Know Them?Independence Day fireworks generally get the “ooohs” and ahhhs,” but did you know that each type has an actual name?
READ MORE
What Is A “Self-Own”?There aren’t many better places, it seems, to celebrate the mistakes of others than on social media. Naturally, this is the arena where self-own has had great popularity. So, what does it mean?
READ MORE

Nearby words

  1. to blame, be,
  2. to boot,
  3. to burn,
  4. to date,
  5. to death,
  6. to err is human, to forgive divine,
  7. to good purpose,
  8. to hand,
  9. to heel,
  10. to hell and gone
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.