What this phrases mean?

what this phrases mean?

There’s no accounting for taste.

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We can say : It’s all a question of taste . Perhaps It’s taste good or not.

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One of the means of “taste” is an individual’s preference.

“It’s a matter of taste” is a fairly common phrase. It’s a way of expressing that we understand everyone or other people have different preferences.

Jogging is boring! But it’s all a matter of taste.

This person thinks jogging is boring, but is adding they know other people enjoy jogging because everyone has different preferences in sports and activities.

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A related expression is: To each his own.
meaning: There’s no accounting for taste: each person has his/her own preferences.
It can also be expressed as: Whatever floats your boat.

In other languages:
French: Chacun son goût. (literally: Each his taste.)
Dutch: Ieder zijn meug. (also literally: Each his taste.)
I don’t know any Arabic, but I think in Arabic the expression is:
لكل مذاقه or لكل طعمه الخاص or كل في ولعه or كل لذوقه .
(I asked some people on another language site and was given 4 versions.)

In the dialogue* one person wants to start jogging. The other person thinks jogging is boring, adding “but it’s all a matter of taste,” which is about the same as saying, “but to each his own.”

*by the way, this dialogue doesn’t sound at all natural; it doesn’t sound like an actual conversation that was recorded, but rather it sounds like two voice-actors reading from a script.

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thank you very much >>> I understand :slight_smile: