one size does not fit all
- one size does not fit all
Earlier versions of this saying are based on the metaphor of different size shoes for different feet; Cf. 1587 J. BRIDGES Defence of Government of Church of England 86 Diverse feete have diverse lastes. The shooe that will serve one, may wring another.
1616 B. RICH My Ladie’s Looking Glaasse 21 As every shooe is not fit for every foote, nor every medicine to be applyed to every maladie, so every fashion, doth not befit every person, not every colour agree with every complexion.
1712 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 96 Every shoe fits not every foot. Every condition of life, every behaviour, every speech and gesture becomes not every body; that will be decent in one, which will be ridiculous in another.
1874 Ascott House, Buckinghamshire, UK (painted on cornice) Every shoe fits not every foot.
2002 Times 20 Mar. 26 Yesterday Sir Howard Davies..gave warning that there was a danger that Europe’s approach to financial markets was in danger of trying to strap the different European markets into rigid rules that risked damaging their international competitiveness. One size does not fit all, he said.
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