be all things to all men

【字面理解】作所有人的所有东西

【英文解析】to change the way that you behave or you say to try to please the people you are with

【中文解析】见风使舵;八面玲珑;面面倶到;力图讨好所 有的人

【典型例句】① The President’s attempts to be all things to all men had disastrous consequences.总统企图讨好各方的 做法招致了灾难性的后果。 …

② Graham should make up his mind what his viewpoint is and stop trying to be all things to all people.格雷厄姆 应该拿定主意持什么观点，而不应该再试图讨好所有 的人。

【注释】谚语。源自《圣经哥林多前书》第9章第22节： “向软弱的人，我就作软弱的人，为要得软弱的人。向 什么样的人，我就作什么样的人。无论如何总要救些人. ”(To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 1 Corinthians 9:22)变体： be all things to all people。