One mans meat

[dawnditty]

What proverb or saying does this appear in?

[Quizmonster]

"One man's meat is another man's poison" is the usual modern form of the proverb. This appeared as: "What's one man's poison, signior, is another's meat and drink" in an early 17th century play, 'Love's Cure', by Beaumont and Fletcher. A similar idea probably existed in Roman times, expressed in Latin.

[Quizmonster]

'Quod victus aliis, aliis venenum est' is the Latin form. However, the original Latin version was: 'Quod medicina aliis, aliis acre venenum est'...One man's medicine is another man's foul poison.

The point is that the idea has been around for a heck of a long time in one form or another!

[shybearuk]

I don't know if this was just somone getting it wrong, or me mishearing, but I'm sure I've also heard 'One man's meaD is another man's poison'.

[Janetex]

I always thought that this was from ancient greek philosophy, possibly Hippocrates.