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one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)Sources & editorial notes
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甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 [jia3 zhi1 mi4 tang2 , yi3 zhi1 pi1 shuang1] /one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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