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"Some people's misfortune is other people's fortune."
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"word": "one man's joy is another man's sorrow"
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"word": "one man's meat is another man's poison"
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"word": "one man's trash is another man's treasure"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu",
"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "den enes død, den andens brød"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "toisen kuolo, toisen leipä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres"
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"word": "one man's loss is another man's gain"
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"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ"
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"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "den enes død, den andens brød"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "some people's misfortune is other people's fortune",
"word": "toisen kuolo, toisen leipä"
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