kinek a pap, kinek a papné

Hungarian

Etymology

kinek (“for some”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ pap (“priest”) +‎ kinek (“for some”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ papné (“wife of the priest”) Ellipsis of kinek a pap, kinek a papné tetszik.^[1] Approximately: “some like the priest, others the wife of the priest”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkinɛk ɒ ˈpɒp ˈkinɛk ɒ ˈpɒpneː]

Phrase

kinek a pap, kinek a papné

there's no accounting for taste, to each his own, different strokes for different folks, one man's meat is another man's poison

Synonyms

References

^ kinek a pap, kinek a papné in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

[1] , kinek a papné in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

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