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Wat den eenen sin Uhl, is den annern sin Nachtigall.

• triyambakam 3y ago
  Or in Hochdeutsch: Was für den einen die Eule ist, ist für den anderen eine Nachtigall. And maybe idiomatically in English: One person's own is another person's nightingale. The owl is seen as bad luck while the nightingale as good luck.
  • triyambakam 3y ago
    Owl* not own
  • plumeria 3y ago
    A reference for anyone else needing some context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_and_the_Nightingale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_and_the_Nightingale