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There is no accounting for taste(s).

Prov. You cannot blame different people because they like different things, even if you do not understand why they like what they like. Jill: I can't believe so many people are going to see that idiotic movie. Jane: There's no accounting for tastes.

There's no accounting for taste.

Prov. Cliché There is no explanation for people's preferences. Look at that purple and orange car! There's no accounting for taste. Some people seemed to like the music, although I thought it was worse than noise. There's no accounting for taste.

There's no accounting for taste!

something that you say when you cannot understand why someone likes something or someone 'I love having a cold shower before breakfast.' 'Well, there's no accounting for taste!'

no accounting for tastes, there's

Individual likes and dislikes defy explanation, as in They painted their house purple-there's really no accounting for tastes. This expression, first put as no disputing about tastes, dates from the mid-1600s; the present wording was first recorded in 1794. A mid-20th-century synonym that originated in the American South is different strokes for different folks. For a far older synonym, see one man's meat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Santino	sahn-TEE-no	Italian
Augustin	o-goos-TEN (French)	French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German
Melita	-	Various
Eleanor	['elinə]
Leontina	-	Italian, Late Roman
Neja	-	Slovene