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One man's LOSS is another man's gain
c1527
tr.
Erasmus' Sayings of Wise Men
D1
V
Lyghtly whan one wynneth, an other loseth.
1733
in
Correspondence of Swift
(1965) IV. 189
Your loss will be our gain, as the proverb says.
1821
Pirate
I. vi.
Doubtless one man's loss is another man's gain.
1918
Letter
21 Feb. (1962) I. 544
I am glad to have the money from your hand. But .. one man's gain is another man's loss.
1979
Debriefing
vi.
Well, their loss is my gain!
gains and lossesThere's no great LOSS without some gain
a1641
Scottish Proverbs
(STS) no. 1408
Thair was never a grit loss without som small vantag.
1868
Tim Bunker Papers
134
However, ‘there is no great loss but what there is some small gain,’ and Jake Frink claims that he has got his money's worth in experience.
1937
On Banks of Plum Creek
xxv.
The hens .. were eating grasshoppers … ‘Well, we won't have to buy feed for the hens … There's no great loss without some gain’.
1957
In Dark Night
viii.
I didn't think there'd be enough business on the wharf for him to need me this afternoon … No loss without some small gain.
gains and losses
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