Jill of all trades(, master of none)
Jill of all trades(, master of none)
A woman who is skilled in or adept at a wide variety of tasks or abilities (i.e., the female equivalent of "Jack of all trades"). If used with "master of none," it implies that while competent in a variety of things, she is not highly skilled in a particular one. I've had all sorts of different jobs through the years, so I consider myself quite a Jill of all trades! Mary just sort of floated between different interests after she left high school—a Jill of all trades, but master of none.
See also: all, jill, master, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a Jill of all trades is a master of none
- a Jack of all trades is a master of none
- jack of all trades is a master of none
- happy pills
- great and small
- cast (one's) net wide
- cast/spread your net wide
- spread (one's) net wide
- shitsky
- Shiznits