A Jack of all trades and good at none (varied) [First two cited examples:] 1721 Boston News-Letter in Buckingham Specimens 1.8: Jack of all Trades, and it would seem, Good at none. 1723 New-England Courant 100(2.1): They can, like Children, play Jack of all Trades, tho' they understand none.

2023年11月2日 · This has often been interpreted as referring to William Shakespeare. "Iohannes fac totum" is "Jack-of-all-trades". The "Tygers hart" line is from Henry VI, Part 3, in an early speech from York to Queen Margaret. It appears in the 1595 version, "The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke".

A 'Jack of all trades' is "one who has a smattering of several branches of knowledge." and is not a term related to a polymath or "a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas; such a person is known to draw on complex …

2015年6月21日 · @WS2 I focused more on the "been everywhere, done everything, knows a lot, is quite experienced" aspects of the OP, as opposed to the "jack of all trades part". I think my answer is quite apt for a person with those characteristics. –

2023年3月21日 · The Jacks of All Trades are clearly not exactly human, or not 'still' human. Are we to understand that, like the ghouls elsewhere in the book, they have been human and have assumed new names after their transition to another state, or that they are the originals whose names have found their way into Human culture.

2012年6月28日 · If the opposite is a "Jack of none, master of one (or a few)" then I think the opposite would be a Specialist. If the opposite is "Master of all trades, jack of none", you could use omnipotent, as Matt Эллен suggested. If the opposite in mind is "Jack of none, master of none", you could use unskilled or untrained.

2017年4月20日 · I'm hoping some more educated people can help come up with words that show a variety of skill sets, such as "Jack of all Trades" but with a word that begins with "M" and with as little syllables as

Jack-of-all-trades - It's generally believed that this term can be used for men and women, and doesn't really have a gender connection behind it, despite Jack being a man's name. This does have more negative connotations than "man for all seasons" due to the phrase "Jack-of-all-trades, master of none".

2015年7月31日 · "Jack of all trades" is part of the phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none", it is mildly pejorative meaning that he can try his hand at anything, but isn't an expert at any one particular thing. If that is what you are going for then it is good, but I don't know if this second idea is what the OP wanted.

2014年4月12日 · I am not big on jack of all trades used in a "company" sense. Not many people would say, let us get our jack of all trades to help you out. I have heard one specific title given to this type of person at restaurants, construction jobs, and big company. The term is floater. One who wanders; a drifter. 3.