2. Jack-of-all-trades.
Welcome?to?English?in?a?Minute.
If?you?have?ever?heard?American?English,?you?have?probably?heard?this?before:?I'm?a?Jack-of-all-trades.
This?expression?can?tell?you?a?lot?about?a?person?in?American?English.?It?means?a?person?can?do?anything.
-A:?So?what?do?you?do?for?a?living?
-B:?I'm?a?handywoman.?I?fix?and?replace?just?about?anything,?from?computers?to?shower?drains.?I?guess?you?could?say?I'm?a?Jack-of-all-trades.
Basically,?when?you?say?"Jack-of-all-trades"?in?a?conversation,?it's?another?way?to?say?that?someone?has?many?professional?talents.
You?may?also?hear?this?phrase?used?"Jack?of?all?trades,?master?of?none,"?it?was?used?to?describe?people?who?learned?how?to?do?a?lot?of?different?things,?but,?they?weren't?able?to?focus?on?doing?one?thing?correctly.
And?that's?English?in?a?Minute.