مصائب قوم عند قوم فوائد

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

09:37 Nov 14, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: مصائب قوم عند قوم فوائد
مقولة
Dina 13
English translation:One man's meat is another man's poison
Explanation:
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Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 10:33
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8One man's meat is another man's poison
Muhammad Atallah
4 +7One man's loss is another man's gain
Mohamed Ghazal
5 +1The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others
Muhammad Atallah
5One man's meat is another man's poison.
Abdul Jormut (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others


Explanation:
The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ghada Samir
39 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
One man's meat is another man's poison


Explanation:
another option!

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jafar Filfil
4 mins

agree  Zoubida Hamdaoui
10 mins

agree  Osama Shahin
10 mins

agree  Ahmed Alami
13 mins

agree  Ghada Samir
38 mins

agree  Saleh Dardeer
57 mins

agree  Nidhalz
3 hrs

agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
7 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
One man's loss is another man's gain


Explanation:
http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/4507/member_submitted/idi...

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/one man's ...

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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/One man's loss is a...
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=473...
http://americanlegends.blogspot.com/2007/08/one-mans-loss-is...

Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 12:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zoubida Hamdaoui
2 mins
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agree  Ghada Samir
33 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  Nadia Ayoub
33 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  Ziad Alghamdi
59 mins
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agree  Rehab_Gamil
2 hrs
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agree  Spring2007 (X)
5 hrs
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agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
7 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
One man's meat is another man's poison.


Explanation:
I think proverbs should not be translated literally. I guess this is the closest English version for the same meaning.

Example sentence(s):
  • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/One+man's+meat+is+another+man's+poison
Abdul Jormut (X)
United States
Local time: 04:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mohamed Ghazal: You do realise that this is the same as Mr Attallah's answer 3 hours later.
2 hrs
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