all things to all men

Liked or appreciated by everyone, usually through overt efforts to please them. The phrase likely originated in the Bible. I know you want your students to like you, but you have to discipline them when they misbehave. You can't be all things to all men. I don't trust that candidate—he is trying to be all things to all men and still hasn't committed to a clear course of action.

all things to all men

and all things to all people

Fig. [for someone or something] liked or used by all people; [for someone or something] everything that is wanted by all people. You simply can't be all things to all people. The candidate set out to be all things to all men and came off looking very wishy-washy.

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释义	all things to all men all things to all men Liked or appreciated by everyone, usually through overt efforts to please them. The phrase likely originated in the Bible. I know you want your students to like you, but you have to discipline them when they misbehave. You can't be all things to all men. I don't trust that candidate—he is trying to be all things to all men and still hasn't committed to a clear course of action. See also: all, men, thing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. all things to all men and all things to all people Fig. [for someone or something] liked or used by all people; [for someone or something] everything that is wanted by all people. You simply can't be all things to all people. The candidate set out to be all things to all men and came off looking very wishy-washy. See also: all, men, thing McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: all things to all men, to be be all things to all men be all things to all men/people be all things to all people all things to all people all things to all people, be deal (one) out of (something) deal out of balls-out balls to the wall References in periodicals archive Mastercrafts BBC Two Wales, Friday, 9.30pm All things to all men, Monty Don has only just finished helping some nice people set up their dream farm over on Channel 4 before popping up on the Beeb to front this new show. Mastercrafts BBC Two Wales, Friday, [...] Those are three wildly different musical genres, and this band are trying to be the sort of all things to all men, or women, sort of catch-all rocky pop band. Music: BIN IT; The WORST releases of the week Or is it the usual Etheridge tactic of attempting to be "all things to all men". Letter: Political collusion BEING all things to all men usually involves a whole lot of compromise, except when it's the superb Audi allroad, writes PAUL MYLES. Revved Up: Audi A6 allroad 2.7 TDI quattro; TESTED Dear Editor, - Barbara Bullock's commonsense article (Post, March 7) should be compulsory reading for every elected member, not least the socially and politically well connected that try to be 'all things to all men.' Letter: I fear for my great-grandchildren's futures Or has Alex Salmond - surely all things to all men - managed to soften Souter and brought out his sensitive side? SCOTLAND'S poet laureate [...] A pontiff does not attempt to be all things to all men and women. Roaming Catholic
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