こう
 
くすり
 
おつ
 
どく

expression

Proverb.
  1. one man's meat is another man's poison, one man's medicine is another man's poison.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こう
 
くすり
 
おつ
 
どく
甲の薬は乙の毒 こうのくすりはおつのどく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

armor, high (voice), A grade
かぶと コウ カン (8th, N1)
medicine, chemical, enamel
くすり ヤク み (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
music, comfort, ease
たの.しい ラク ガク (2nd, N4)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
the latter, duplicate, strange
おと- オツ イツ (8th, N1)
poison, virus, venom
ドク (4th, N2)
life (生) variant
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)