螻蛄けら才ざい

noun

jack of all trades, master of none

A literary, somewhat self-deprecating expression for someone who has dabbled in many things but lacks deep expertise in any. The image is of a mole cricket, which can dig, swim, and fly but excels at nothing.

• 彼かれは螻蛄けら才ざいで、色いろ々いろなことに手てを出だすが、どれも中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱだ。

  He is a jack of all trades and master of none; he tries his hand at many things but never fully commits to any.