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"Jack of all trades the master of none"

 
 
Reply Thu 19 Jul, 2007 03:41 pm
I hope I have this saying right. What does it mean? It means that we're suppose to know everything about a particular topic as much as possible?
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boomerang
 
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Reply Thu 19 Jul, 2007 03:43 pm
It refers to someone who is kind of good at a variety of disciplines but has not mastered any of them.
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Reply Fri 20 Jul, 2007 04:17 pm
The correct form of the proverb is "A jack of all trades is master of none".

It means that somebody who has drifted from one occupation to another and picked up a bit of many different skills won't have mastered any of them properly.
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roger
 
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Reply Fri 20 Jul, 2007 04:26 pm
That's interesting, syntinen.

Also, The Proof of the Pudding is in the eating, not the proof is in the pudding. I love these things.
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