"על טעם וריח אין להתוכח" meaning in Hebrew

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        "3": "на вку́с и на цвет това́рищей нет",
        "gloss": "there's no accounting for taste",
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  "etymology_text": "Coined by Avraham Shlonsky, from Russian на вку́с и на цвет това́рищей нет (na vkús i na cvet továriščej net, “there's no accounting for taste”, literally “On taste and on color there are no friends”).",
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          "text": "מקובל לחשוב כי ”על טעם וריח אין להתווכח“. כך חושבים בדרך־כלל על שאלות של טעם במזון, לבוש וכדומה.",
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          "word": "על טעם וריח אין להתווכח"
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          "word": "עַל טַעַם וְעַל רֵיחַ אֵין לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ"
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  "word": "על טעם וריח אין להתוכח"
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          "text": "מקובל לחשוב כי ”על טעם וריח אין להתווכח“. כך חושבים בדרך־כלל על שאלות של טעם במזון, לבוש וכדומה.",
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      "word": "על טעם וריח אין להתווכח"
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      "word": "עַל טַעַם וְעַל רֵיחַ אֵין לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ"
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