Name: 英語導師Nick P 諺語（157）一個人的垃圾就是另一個人的財富'。 (English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (157) One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure)
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and  this is Proverbs 157. The proverb today is "one

man's trash is another man's treasure."  Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.

This proverb could also be said by substituting the word trash for junk

garbage or rubbish. So therefore you could say one man's trash is another

man's treasure. One man's junk is another man's treasure.

One man's garbage is another man's treasure or one man's rubbish is another

man's treasure. Yeah. Probably the British would might say rubbish more than

Americans. Okay. Let's continue. The proverb means that there are many cases or

many situations in which one person ... what one person considers to be worthless or

trash another person may consider the same thing,  the same exact thing to be

valuable or be able to find a good use for it . The exact origin is difficult to

pinpoint,  but it could have evolved from many similar older phrases,  such as one

man's meat is another man's poison,  or one man's pleasure is another man's pain,

or one man's loss is another man's gain.  So really it could have ...  you know,  that they

all have the idea of what's good for one man may be completely different for

another man. Okay. Let's continue in our modern times,  this proverb has become

more common due to events such as flea markets,  garage sales,  secondhand stores,

etc.  and people are you know,  selling things online that are used too. So

All right. Let's continue.  Sometimes the proverb could almost be

literal. In the case of someone putting an old piece of furniture next to their

garbage with the sign,  with a sign that says " free. " on it.  I have seen this in

America. Sometimes people will do it. If the condition is not too poor. You never

know somebody may come by and just pick it up before...

before the garbageman eventually gets it.  But somebody might do that. They might

put a piece of furniture out there.  That's not too bad,  but they don't want

it anymore. And they might just simply put a sign "free. "  And in this case,  it's,

it's really almost literal. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

All right. And here's just several examples of just the way we may use it.

Number one. This has an a/b part. Many antique dealers go to flea markets and

garage sales in hopes of finding an antique. Yeah. A lot of times people in

garage sales or you know flea markets,  they may be selling something . Sometimes

they don't realize the real value of it. And a lot of antique dealers , this is one

of their main sources of places to look for antiques. So this is a great example

of one man's trash is another man's treasure. All right.

Let's continue. Let's look at number two here. Some dumpster divers ...  I think we

might have even covered that as a noun phrase,  can make a living by finding

items in some dumpsters. Sometimes some of the items are not in bad shape.

Sometimes people throw away things that's really you know,  it's could have

been resold.  I think they ...  A lot of dumpster divers sometimes will go to

high-class apartment complexes and stuff because high-class people have

higher class garbage. Or,  or I've heard that they also will go to like

universities. Because a lot of students you know,  maybe they didn't pay for it  all or

maybe their parents paid for it all. But they're  dumping it at the end. And

sometimes they find some really good stuff that they can either resell

directly or maybe it only needs to be fixed up a little and they can make you

know,  some decent money on it. All right.  So this is another example of one man's

trash is another man's treasure. And the third one here is that some sculptors

like you know,  artists especially artists that work with like metal ...  will go to

junk yards looking for metal that they could turn you know,  into like real

art. And of course here we will say the same thing. It  just goes to prove that

one man's trash is another man's treasure. Like we say

sometimes it's almost literal. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope you enjoyed it. I

hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.