"all things to all people" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Holy Bible (King James Version), 1 Corinthians 9:22: \"To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.\"",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1851, Sir John William Kaye, History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2, p. 382 (Google preview)",
          "text": "It was obviously his policy to appear all things to all people. He could not venture to take any decided course."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara J. Horn, M.S.N.Ed., Aequanimitas, University of Michigan Medical School, p. 170 (Google preview)",
          "text": "No longer can we be all things to all people! We must decide which path to follow — are we to be physicians assistants, coordinators, supervisors, or skilled practitioners of nursing. The choice is ours!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 April 9, Paul Gray, \"Grapevine: Lech Walesa and Tadeusz Mazowiecki,\" Time (retrieved 21 Feb 2017)",
          "text": "Most Poles realize that Solidarity cannot go on being all things to all people: trade union, political party, shaper of the country's future."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 January 29, Todd S. Purdum, \"The Nation: Underwear and All; Dignifying the Presidency,\" New York Times (retrieved 21 Feb 2017)",
          "text": "Mr. Clinton is often accused of wanting to be all things to all people, but that is a classic occupational hazard of his job."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 Feb. 26, Joanna Moorhead, \"Why not leave school at 16?,\" Independent (UK) (retrieved 21 Feb 2017)",
          "text": "\"There's also a problem about schools being expected to be all things to all people.\""
        }
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        "Someone or something that entirely satisfies the expectations of everyone, no matter how diverse and conflicting those expectations may be."
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        "(idiomatic) Someone or something that entirely satisfies the expectations of everyone, no matter how diverse and conflicting those expectations may be."
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        {
          "word": "all things to all men"
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          "ref": "1851, Sir John William Kaye, History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 2, p. 382 (Google preview)",
          "text": "It was obviously his policy to appear all things to all people. He could not venture to take any decided course."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara J. Horn, M.S.N.Ed., Aequanimitas, University of Michigan Medical School, p. 170 (Google preview)",
          "text": "No longer can we be all things to all people! We must decide which path to follow — are we to be physicians assistants, coordinators, supervisors, or skilled practitioners of nursing. The choice is ours!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 April 9, Paul Gray, \"Grapevine: Lech Walesa and Tadeusz Mazowiecki,\" Time (retrieved 21 Feb 2017)",
          "text": "Most Poles realize that Solidarity cannot go on being all things to all people: trade union, political party, shaper of the country's future."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 January 29, Todd S. Purdum, \"The Nation: Underwear and All; Dignifying the Presidency,\" New York Times (retrieved 21 Feb 2017)",
          "text": "Mr. Clinton is often accused of wanting to be all things to all people, but that is a classic occupational hazard of his job."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 Feb. 26, Joanna Moorhead, \"Why not leave school at 16?,\" Independent (UK) (retrieved 21 Feb 2017)",
          "text": "\"There's also a problem about schools being expected to be all things to all people.\""
        }
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