单词 | jack-of-all-trades |
释义 | jack-of-all-trades also jack of all trades Word forms: jacks-of-all-trades countable noun If you refer to someone as a jack-of-all-trades, you mean that they are able to do a variety of different jobs. You are also often suggesting that they are not very good at any of these jobs. He was just a jack-of-all-trades minister. Idioms: a jack-of-all-trades someone who has many different skills He soon caught the theatre bug, and became a jack-of-all-trades at the local amateur theatre. someone who can do a lot of different things but who is not very good at doing any of them His critics sometimes described him as a jack-of-all-trades. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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