A master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.
Etymology:
- Expanded form of jack of all trades, which originally was sometimes used as a term of praise.
- This phrase has itself been expanded to a couplet:
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Submitted on September 01, 2009
Additional definitions for 'jack of all trades, master of none':
| jack of all trades, master of none | A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one. |
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jack of all trades, master of none
vieles können, aber nichts gut
homme à tout faire
seac na ceirde go léir, máistir gan aon
man van alles, meester van niks
mester i alle bransjer
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