Taste : nm Le tastedt is the sense by which man and animals perceive the flavors specific to foodstuffs.
To pass the taste of bread: to kill.
Forget the taste of bread: die.
Remove / make forget / pass the taste of bread: kill.
Formerly appetite or envy of the charms of the woman or the attributes of the male.
- The expression "Tastes and colors, we argue / do not discuss:": Everyone can legitimately have their own tastes, opinions and methods.
Should everyone behave like Panurge sheep? Certainly not ! If it is because of the differences that conflicts between people erupt, it is also thanks to the differences that progress exists, that Man advances. We must therefore cultivate them and accept that the other has tastes or opinions different from his own.
According to Dictionary of Trévoux, this expression existed in the XNUMXth century in the form one should not discuss tastes. According to Rey and Chantreau, the current meaning is probably not the same as in the initial version where the apparent liberalism of the expression would be misleading. If everyone's food tastes are indeed so variable that it is not worth arguing about them, taste in the sense of "aesthetic values" is imposed by society and the cultural context, and it is therefore totally. no need to discuss it (to the point of arguing).