Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you cannot put the same shoe on every foot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: you -can-not put the same shoe on ev-ery -foot
IPA

58

Scrabble Score

34

Letters

5

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

A method or technique that works in one situation does not necessarily work in all situations.

Example Sentences

"Application of the adage that "you cannot put the same shoe on every foot" produces no hardship whatsoever, since the terms of the trust may be made exactly to fit the business to be undertaken."
"What I tell these misinformed inmates is that you cannot put the same shoe on every foot."
"Publilius Syrus said it a long time ago: You can't put the same shoe on every foot."

Etymology

Coined by Publilius Syrus.

Questions

What does you cannot put the same shoe on every foot mean?: A method or technique that works in one situation does not necessarily work in all situations.
Where does you cannot put the same shoe on every foot come from?: Coined by Publilius Syrus.

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