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nobody's perfect

nobody's perfect phrase: used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.

Phrase

nobody's perfect

  1. Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.
    • When Jerry (Jack Lemmon) disguised as "Daphne" tries to fend off Osgood Fielding's insistent proposals of marriage with one excuse after another with no success, he finally yanks off his wig wig and shouts, "I'm a man!" to which Osgood amiably replies, Well, nobody's perfect.1958, Some Like It Hot, film by Billy Wilder, starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe.
    • Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)

nobody's perfect meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

nobody's perfect in Hindi

phrase to remind that we all fail at times
कोई भी पूर्ण नहीं है koī bhī pūrṇ nahī̃ hai

nobody's perfect in Tagalog

phrase to remind that we all fail at times
walang perpekto

nobody's perfect in Malay

phrase to remind that we all fail at times
bumi mana yang tidak ditimpa hujan

nobody's perfect in Indonesian

phrase to remind that we all fail at times
tiada yang sempurna, bumi mana yang tidak ditimpa hujan

Synonyms of nobody's perfect

Questions about nobody's perfect

What does nobody's perfect mean?
Nobody's perfect means used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.
What is nobody's perfect in Hindi?
Nobody's perfect in Hindi is कोई भी पूर्ण नहीं है (koī bhī pūrṇ nahī̃ hai). See Nobody's perfect meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nobody's perfect?
Nobody's perfect is a phrase.

Words near nobody's perfect in the dictionary

  1. nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public
  2. nobody'd
  3. nobody's
  4. nobody's fool
  5. nobody's fools
  6. nobody's perfect
  7. nobodyness
  8. nobori
  9. Noborito
  10. NOBOs
  11. nobrainer

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