different strokes (for different folks)
different strokes (for different folks)
Different people will like or do different things. My mom loves cooking, but I hate being in the kitchen—different strokes for different folks, I guess.
See also: different, stroke
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Different strokes for different folks.
Prov. Different people like different things.; Different people live in different ways. My neighbor spends all his free time working in his garden. I would never want to do that, but different strokes for different folks.
See also: different, folk, stroke
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
different strokes for different folks
see under no accounting for tastes.
See also: different, folk, stroke
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
different strokes for different folks
You say different strokes for different folks to mean that people are all different and have different needs and desires. The federal government has, by tradition, been respectful of local standards in local communities — different strokes for different folks, as they say.
See also: different, folk, stroke
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
different strokes for different folks
different things please or are effective with different people. proverbThis chiefly US expression was used as a slogan in the early 1970s in a Texan drug abuse project.
See also: different, folk, stroke
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
different ˈstrokes (for different ˈfolks)
(American English) used to say that different people like or need different thingsSee also: different, stroke
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
different strokes for different folks
phr. different things please different people. Do whatever you like. Different strokes for different folks.
See also: different, folk, stroke
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- different strokes
- different strokes for different folks
- ride off in all directions
- left, right and centre
- left, right, and center
- left, right, and centre
- spinning
- have (an amount of) plates spinning
- keep (an amount of) plates spinning
- keep all the plates spinning