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jmdict 2152960 Active (id: 1988552)
甲の薬は乙の毒
こうのくすりはおつのどく
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ one man's meat is another man's poison
▶ [lit] one man's medicine is another man's poison



History:
3. A 2018-10-09 08:52:39  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
not in daij/gg5
  Comments:
I don't think we should reserve our use of [lit] for when the literal translation doesn't perfectly correspond to an 
already existing English saying. It's useful for understanding the components of the saying, not least for beginners.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
@@ -13 +14 @@
-<gloss>one man's medicine is another man's poison</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">one man's medicine is another man's poison</gloss>
2. A 2012-02-10 05:35:59  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
common english phrase, no need for lit
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>One man's meat is another man's poison</gloss>
-<gloss>lit: one's medicine is another's poison</gloss>
+<gloss>one man's meat is another man's poison</gloss>
+<gloss>one man's medicine is another man's poison</gloss>
1. A 2007-03-28 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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