Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

All waters

(I am for). I am a Jack of all trades, can turn my hand to anything, a good all-round man. Like a fish which can live in salt or fresh water.

“I am for all waters.” Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, iv. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
All-work
All to break (Judges ix. 53).
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