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you cannot put the same shoe on every foot en · X

Etymology

Coined by Publilius Syrus.

Meanings

  1. A method or technique that works in one situation does not necessarily work in all situations.
    • 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. 1921, John Harold Sears, Trust Estates as Business Companies, →ISBN, page 416:
    • What I tell these misinformed inmates is that you cannot put the same shoe on every foot. 2012, Jayson Williams, Humbled Letters from Prison, →ISBN, page 230:
    • Publilius Syrus said it a long time ago: You can't put the same shoe on every foot. 2014, James Gunn, Some Dreams Are Nightmares, →ISBN:

wikipedia: Publilius Syrus