all able-bodied people

all able-bodied people

Anyone and everyone who is able to help or contribute to a cause in some way. I'm calling on all able-bodied men and women in the area to lend a hand restoring the local church this weekend.
See also: all, people
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • get through to (someone or something)
  • go critical
  • able to take just so much
  • able to take only so much
  • sleep
  • not able
  • wear two hats
  • wear two hats (more than one hat), to
  • able to make (something)
  • able to make an event
References in periodicals archive
it seems all able-bodied people are needed to get the crop in.