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.

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

   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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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 (hu), 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: นานาจิตตัง (th) (naa-naa-jìt-dtang), ต่างจิตต่างใจ (th)
• 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