man of many means

Re: man of many means


The sentence is a bit clunky. Usually, you could call a rich person "a man of means". It is possible that the reference to "many" is that the man had income from different sources.

THis is a real phrase. "A man of many means" in English is a man who has many varied skills and abilities.

My father was a man of many means, a kind of "Jack of all trades".

People were drawn to Padre Pio while he was alive and they still are,
indeed even more since his death. In 1997, Pope Paul VI held him up as a
model of holiness: "Look at his fame. Look at all the people from all over
the world he gathered round him! Why? Was he a philosopher or a man of
great wisdom, or a man of many means? ... Because he said Mass with deep
humility, heard confessions from morning to night... because he was a man
of prayer and of suffering!"