one man's loss is another man's gain

English

Proverb

one man's loss is another man's gain

Some people's misfortune is other people's fortune.

Translations

some people's misfortune is other people's fortune

Arabic: مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu)
Danish: den enes død, den andens brød
Finnish: toisen kuolo, toisen leipä
French: le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres (fr)

See also

one man's joy is another man's sorrow
one man's meat is another man's poison
one man's trash is another man's treasure

Further reading

“one man s loss is another man s gain”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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