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one man's meat is another man's poison

one person likes what another person hates, to each his own "Some people love his music; others hate it. One man's meat is another man's poison."

pale by comparison

is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.

what's your poison

what do you like to drink? which liquor do you like? Come over to the bar and I'll buy you a drink. What's your poison?

by comparison

compared with 相比较
This film is a greater success than that one by comparison．相比之下，这部电影比那部更为成功。
This one is really cheaper by comparison．相比之下，这个确实便宜。

in comparison with

when compared with同…比较
Yangzhou is much smaller in comparison with Beijing．扬州同北京比起来小多了。
The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York．同纽约的摩天大楼比较，伦敦的最高建筑物还是算矮的。

drunk and disorderly

Idiom(s): drunk and disorderly

Theme: DRUNK

a criminal charge for public drunkenness accompanied by bad or offensive behavior. (Fixed order.)
• The judge fined Max for being drunk and disorderly
• In addition to being convicted for driving while intoxicated, Max was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly.

Poison pill

A poison pill is a strategy designed to prevent a company from being take over.

Take no prisoners

If people take no prisoners, they do things in a very aggressive way, without considering any harm they might do to achieve their objectives.

What's your poison?

This is a way of asking someone what they would like to drink, especially alcohol.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

What works positively for one person may be harmful to another.

one man's meat is another man's poison|man|meat|on

What is good for one person is not necessarily good for another.

A proverb, Even though Jeff likes to swim in ice cold water, his brother Tun hates it. This is understandable, however, because one's man's meat is another man's poison.
Antonym: WHAT'S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.

poison-pen|pen|poison

adj. Containing threats or false accusations; written in spite or to get revenge, and usually unsigned. Mrs. Smith received a poison-pen letter telling her that her husband was untrue. To get revenge on Mary, Alice wrote a poison-pen letter to the teacher and signed Mary's name to it.

beyond comparison

beyond comparison
Also, without comparison or beyond compare. Too superior to be compared, unrivaled, as in This view of the mountains is beyond comparison, or That bakery is without comparison. The first term, more common today than the much older variants, was first recorded in 1871. Without comparison goes back to 1340, and without compare to 1621.

comparison

comparison
in comparison with
compared with

in unison

in unison
1) In complete agreement, harmonizing exactly. For example, Their opinion was in unison with ours. [Early 1800s]
2) Saying the same thing at the same time, simultaneously, as in The whole class answered in unison. [Late 1800s] Both usages allude to the unison of music, a single identical pitch.

poison

poison
In addition to the idiom beginning with poison, also see one man's meat is another man's poison.

poison-pen letter

poison-pen letter
A letter, usually anonymous, that makes malicious statements about the recipient or a third party. For example, She told the police about the poison-pen letters, but they said they couldn't pursue the matter. [Early 1900s]

unison

unison
in unison
1) sounding the same note at the same time
2) sounding together in octaves
3) with all the voices or instruments performing the same part: said of a musical composition or passage
4) uttering the same words, or producing the same sound, at the same time

More Idioms/Phrases

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