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Hebrew
Etymology
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”).
Proverb
עַל טַעַם וְרֵיחַ אֵין לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ • (al ta'ám v'réakh en l'hitvakéakh)
- Tastes differ, so arguing about them is pointless. (Literally, “On taste and smell there is no to argue”.)
2008, אלעזר וינריב (“Eleazar Weinrib”), בעיות בפילוסופיה של המוסר, כרך א, יחידות 1-4, Open University of Israel, →ISBN, page 82:מקובל לחשוב כי ”על טעם וריח אין להתווכח“. כך חושבים בדרך־כלל על שאלות של טעם במזון, לבוש וכדומה.- It is common to think that “there's no accounting for taste”. Such generally think on questions of taste in food, clothing and the like.