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Meanings of master of none in English

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Usage of master of none in English
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His detractors, however, mocked Eratosthenes as a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.
Wired
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It was a kind of jack of all trades and master of none.
A journey: my political life
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Lastly, that jack-of-all trades and master of none, Private Dunshie.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
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You'll be a jack of all trades, master of none.
Feminist dot com
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Jack of all trades and master of none, I reckon.
Swan Song
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We have all heard of the "Jack of all trades, and master of none."
How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success
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Luke told me I might be a child of Hermes, a kind of jack-of-all-trades, master of none.
The Lightning Thief
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Jack of all trades, master of none.
News.com.au
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The old axiom is too often quoted as concerns us, "Jack of all trades, master of none."
Doctor and Patient
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H'm; I knew the class of animal well-generaljackal; do the dirty work of any trade, and master of none.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
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We have handed down to us the saying that "The Jack of all trades is master of none".
Industrial Progress and Human Economics
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He next became a carpenter and, as he says himself, "a jack of all trades and master of none."
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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That means that the person occupying the number-two slot has to be a jack of all trades, without being a master of none.
The South African
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We hear about "The jack of all trades," but the aftermath of the jack of all trades is " master of none."
Dollars and Sense
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Master of None season two is available to stream on Netflix now.
News.com.au
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Master of None's 10 episodes could be broadly split into two types.
The Guardian