English Explanatory Dictionary

you cannot put the same shoe on every foot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A method or technique that works in one situation does not necessarily work in all situations.

Word forms

you cannot put the same shoe on every foot

Etymology

Coined by Publilius Syrus.

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