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jack of al·l trades, mas·ter of none
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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.
Etymology: Expanded form of jack of all trades, which originally was sometimes used as a term of praise.\
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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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jack of all trades, master of none in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
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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