# jack of all trades

Pronunciation: say "jak uhv awl TRAYDZ" US /ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔl ˈtɹeɪdz/, UK /ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔːl ˈtɹeɪdz/

## Idiom

1. Someone competent in many different activities or kinds of work, sometimes regarded as excelling at none of them.
   - Simple: A person who is good at many different things, but who some think is great at none.
   - _As the restaurant's only manager, she became a jack of all trades, handling payroll, repairs, and the occasional shift on the grill._
   - _He's a jack of all trades, but the company needs someone who truly excels at database design._

## Origin

From jack ("typical man, fellow") + of + all + trades.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/jack-of-all-trades (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).