jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none

Noun

(idiomatic) A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.

Origin

Expanded form of jack of all trades, which originally was sometimes used as a term of praise.

This phrase has itself been (rarely) expanded to a couplet:

Jack of all trades, master of none,

though oftentimes better than master of one.

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