Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nobody's perfect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: no-body's per-fect
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.

Example Sentences

"1958, Some Like It Hot, film by Billy Wilder, starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe. When Jerry (Jack Lemmon) disguised as "Daphne" tries to fend off Osgood Fielding's insistent proposals of marriage with one excuse after another with no success, he finally yanks off his wig wig and shouts, "I'm a man!" to which Osgood amiably replies, Well, nobody's perfect."
"Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie."
"2000, Madonna, Nobody's Perfect I feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my best"

Synonyms

we all make mistakes

Questions

What does nobody's perfect mean?: Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.

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