one person's loss is another person's gain
one person's loss is another person's gain
proverb When one person loses or discards something, it gives another person the chance to claim it or take advantage of the situation. I heard ADS Advertising lost the FlemCorp account, which means we've got a shot of taking it over for ourselves. One person's loss is another person's gain! I was walking home from my night class when I stumbled across a perfectly good bicycle lying on the street. "One person's loss is another person's gain," I thought to myself, as I picked it up and rode it the rest of the way home.
See also: another, gain, loss, one
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- one man's loss is another man's gain
- pond
- frog in a small pond
- a big fish in a small pond
- a big frog in a small pond
- big fish in a small pond
- big frog in a small pond
- a whole team and the dog under the wagon
- hanger-on
- change off