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  1. jack of all trades, master of nonenoun

    A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.

  2. Etymology: Expanded form of jack of all trades, which originally was sometimes used as a term of praise.\

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  1. Jack of all trades, master of none

    "Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on only one. The original version "a jack of all trades" is often used as a compliment for a person who is good at fixing and has a good level of broad knowledge. They may be a master of integration: an individual who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring the disciplines together in a practical manner. This person is a generalist rather than a specialist.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jack of all trades, master of none in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jack of all trades, master of none in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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  • جاك لجميع الحرف، سيد لا شيءArabic
  • jack všech obchodů, pán žádnéhoCzech
  • jack af alle handler, herre over ingenDanish
  • vieles konnen, aber nichts gutGerman
  • jack όλων των συναλλαγών, master of noneGreek
  • Jack de todos los oficios, maestro de nadaSpanish
  • jack kaikista kaupoista, päällikko ei mitäänFinnish
  • touche-à-tout, maître de tousFrench
  • हरफन मौला, हरफन अधूराHindi
  • jack of all trades, master of noneIndonesian
  • Tuttofare, maestro di nessunoItalian
  • すべての取引のジャック、誰のマスターでもないJapanese
  • ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವಹಿವಾಟುಗಳ ಜಾಕ್, ಯಾವುದೂ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಮಾಸ್ಟರ್Kannada
  • Jack omnium artium magistri nonLatin
  • man van alles, meester van niksDutch
  • jack of all trades, mester over ingenNorwegian
  • walet wszystkich zawodów, mistrz żadnegoPolish
  • Jack de todos os comércios, mestre de ninguémPortuguese
  • jack al tuturor meseriilor, stăpânul niciunuiaRomanian
  • Мастер на все руки, да путем ничего и не умеетRussian
  • jack of all trades, master of noneSwedish
  • எல்லா வர்த்தகங்களின் பலாவும், எஜமானன் யாரும் இல்லைTamil
  • అన్ని వర్తకాల జాక్, ఏదీ లేదుTelugu
  • تمام تجارت کا جیک ، کسی کا ماسٹر نہیںUrdu
  • 所有行业的杰克,无人掌握Chinese

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