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All things to all men

Meaning

Able to satisfy everyone's needs.

Origin

From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 9:22 (King James Version):

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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The meaning and origin of the expression: All things to all men

All things to all men

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