one man's trash is another man's treasure
one man's trash is another man's treasure proverb: what is useless to one person is valuable to another.
Proverb
one man's trash is another man's treasure
Forms of one man's trash is another man's treasure
| alternative form | one man's meat is another man's poison |
|---|---|
| alternative form | one man's loss is another man's gain |
Origin of one man's trash is another man's treasure
One early use is in Hector Urquhart's Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860s) where he wrote "one man's rubbish may be another's treasure".http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60429/ddg#60472
Questions about one man's trash is another man's treasure
- What does one man's trash is another man's treasure mean?
- One man's trash is another man's treasure means what is useless to one person is valuable to another.
- What part of speech is one man's trash is another man's treasure?
- One man's trash is another man's treasure is a proverb.
Words near one man's trash is another man's treasure in the dictionary
- one man's fish is another man's poison
- one man's fish is another man's poisson
- one man's loss is another man's gain
- one man's meat is another man's poison
- one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
- one man's trash is another man's treasure
- one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
- One Mile
- one million
- one minute man
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