to each his own

to each his own

English

Alternative forms

• each to his own
• to each their own

Etymology

Calque of Latin suum cuique, short for suum cuique pulchrum est (“to each his own is beautiful”).

Proverb

to each his own

1. Every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences and tastes.

   I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.

2. Everyone should receive what they deserve.

Synonyms

• chacun à son goût
• there's no accounting for taste
• different strokes for different folks
• to each their own

Translations

every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences

Afrikaans: elkeen na sy eie smaak, elkeen maak soos hy smaak Arabic: كل شخص حرّ في ذوقه‎ Belarusian: ко́жнаму сваё́ (kóžnamu svajó) Bulgarian: все́киму сво́ето (vsékimu svóeto) Chinese: Mandarin: 各有所好 (zh) (gèyǒusuǒhào) Czech: každému podle jeho gusta Danish: enhver sin smag, hver sin smag, smag og behag er forskellig Dutch: ieder zijn ding, ieder het zijne Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kukin taaplaa tyylillään, kukin tavallaan, makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä French: à chacun son goût German: jedem das Seine (de) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: ízlések és pofonok, kinek a pap, kinek a papné Italian: a ciascuno il suo, a ognuno il suo Japanese: 十人十色 (ja) (じゅうにんといろ, jū nin to iro), それぞれ自分自身に (それぞれじぶんじしんに, sorezore jibunjishin-ni) Latin: suum cuique Macedonian: секому своето (sekomu svoeto) Norwegian: enhver sin smak, hver sin smak Polish: każdemu swoje, kto co lubi Portuguese: a cada um o que é seu, cada qual com o seu cada qual Russian: ка́ждый по-сво́ему (káždyj po-svójemu), ка́ждому своё (káždomu svojó) Serbo-Croatian: сваком своје, svakom svoje Slovene: vsakomur svoje, vsakemu svoje Spanish: cada quién a su gusto, cada loco con su tema Swedish: smaken är som baken – delad Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz Ukrainian: ко́жному своє́ (uk) (kóžnomu svojé) Vietnamese: mỗi người một nẻo

See also

• you pays your money and you takes your choice
• horses for courses

Anagrams

• each to his own