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Today's Idiom = "You Can't Be All Things To All People"






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You Can't Be All Things To All People ( able to satisfy everyone's needs ... )

"You Can't Be All Things To All People"



To be all things to all people is to do the things that make everyone happy.

Example: "Public relations is a tough job. I have to be all things to all people."

Example: "My boss is impossible. He wants me to be all things to all people."

Example: "She tries to be the perfect mother, the perfect wife, the perfect employee.." Reply: "You can't be all things to all people."

Example: "I am sorry but I cannot be all things to all people."





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