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all things to all people

Someone or something that entirely satisfies the expectations of everyone, no matter how diverse and conflicting those expectations may be.

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