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一個老美朋友的近80歲的父親上了五月三日的報紙 “The Union Democrat”，第一版。
記者采訪他時，他說：“I'm a jack of all trades and master of none."
經幾個老美七嘴八舌的解釋，方知是：我什麽都會，但沒一樣是精的。
查了書，對 jack of all trades 的定義是：
A person who is good at everything. This term dates from 1600 or before. An early appearance in print is in Geffray Mynshul's Essays and Characters of a Prison(1618).
Further, it was pointed out even earlier that someone good at everything is not outstanding at anything.
This observation occrus in an ancient Roman proverb, but only much later was put as ' jack of all trades, master of none ' by Maria Edgeworth(Popular Tales: Will, 1800).
記者采訪他時，他說：“I'm a jack of all trades and master of none."
經幾個老美七嘴八舌的解釋，方知是：我什麽都會，但沒一樣是精的。
查了書，對 jack of all trades 的定義是：
A person who is good at everything. This term dates from 1600 or before. An early appearance in print is in Geffray Mynshul's Essays and Characters of a Prison(1618).
Further, it was pointed out even earlier that someone good at everything is not outstanding at anything.
This observation occrus in an ancient Roman proverb, but only much later was put as ' jack of all trades, master of none ' by Maria Edgeworth(Popular Tales: Will, 1800).
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