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Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.
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.
1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)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
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.
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cmn 孰能无过 (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · de niemand ist perfekt (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · id tiada yang sempurna (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · es nadie es perfecto (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · hi कोई भी पूर्ण नहीं है (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · pt ninguém é perfeito (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · fr nul n'est parfait (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · sv ingen är perfekt (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · ja 完全無欠な人はいない (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · pl nikt nie jest doskonały (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · cmn 人非聖賢，孰能無過 /人非圣贤 (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · da ingen er perfekt (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · fi kukaan ei ole täydellinen (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · tl walang perpekto (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · ms bumi mana yang tidak ditimpa hujan (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · tr herkes hata yapar (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · cmn 人無完人 /人无完人 (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · id bumi mana yang tidak ditimpa hujan (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · ru никто́ не соверше́нен (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · sv även solen har sina fläckar (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) · tl tao lang, nagkakamali (phrase to remind that we all fail at times)