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.
Is "Jack of all trades, master of none" really just a part of a longer ...
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one is apparently accredited to William Shakespeare. Just to clarify - I mean the FULL quote, not just 'Jack of all ...
The book features a group of characters who are members of a fraternal organization, and call themselves: the Jacks of All Trades, or the Knaves, or by other names. We go back an extremely long wa...
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 bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems."
What is a synonym for "jack of all trades, master of none"?
I've always referred to them as a "Jack of all trades". "Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on one.
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".