jill of all trades, mistress of none
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English
45
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If you tell him airily you can do a whole lot of things, he thinks immediately, “Jill of all trades, mistress of none.”"
- "JILLS of all trades, mistresses of none, to be fully trained to promote sales of Gay Charm Jewellery in all City, Suburban and Country Areas."
- "We generalist judges touch down daily on every subject from criminal law, to contracts, to labor law, to antitrust, to securities. In a nutshell, we are perceived as Jacks and Jills of all trades, masters or mistresses of none."
- "WENDY WHITFIELD lives in Nottingham and is unemployed. “A mother at last, with sometimes fond memories of being an individual. Jill-of-all-trades, Mistress of None—but then, aren’t most women?”"
- "“All you have to do is make a cone that widens as it goes up Dom’s arm. It will look medieval enough, and we’ll just glue some hair on the backs of his hands until he turns into the prince. What do you think?” Angie gave her an admiring look. “I think it’ll work. Are you sure you’ve never been a costume designer?” “Jill of all trades, mistress of none.[…]”"
- "Students may of necessity be scheduled on their own before they have mastered the range of essential procedures. We risk the syndrome of a Jill of all trades, mistress of none."