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Meaning of put the same shoe on every foot | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

To attempt to apply a single solution to different problems.

idiomatic

Examples

“The king of England, who is your holiness's son, is not so like the rest of the world. We cannot put the same shoe on every foot.”
“You would laugh at a cobbler who should attempt to put the same shoe on every foot.”
“Watch anything in a cage, that is run on a regulatory system of control, sensory deprivation and or sensory abuse, really really poor nutrition, no regard for individual dignity, trying to put the same shoe on every foot,etc.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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