JACK OF ALL TRADES

{n.}, {informal} (Often followed by the words "master of none.") A person who is knowledgeable in many areas. Can be used as praise, or as a derogatory remark depending on the context and the intonation. * /Peter is a jack of all trades; he can survive anywhere!/ * /"How come Joe did such a sloppy job?" Mary asked. "He's a jack of all trades," Sally answered./

{n.}, {informal} (Often followed by the words "master of none.") A person who is knowledgeable in many areas. Can be used as praise, or as a derogatory remark depending on the context and the intonation. * /Peter is a jack of all trades; he can survive anywhere!/ * /"How come Joe did such a sloppy job?" Mary asked. "He's a jack of all trades," Sally answered./

на все руки мастер, универсал: - Wow! How come you did such a hardjob?! - Don't you know, Holdwin is a jack of all trades! - Как тебе это, черт подери, удалось?! - удивляется комиссар Ле Пешен, когда видит, что его покореженная машина после колдовства в. ее моторе сержанта Холдуина вновь

- jack-of-all-trades на все руки мастер (см. тж. Jill of all trades) to be Jack of all trades and master of none — за всё браться и ничего не уметь

мастер на все руки

мастер на все руки