1. Home
2. Idioms
3. a man for all seasons

a man for all seasons

---

---

a man for all seasons

  (slightly formal)

a man who is very successful in many different types of activity

Usage notes: This is the title of a play about Sir Thomas More.

He's chairman of a large chemicals company as well as a successful painter - really a man for all seasons.

See also: all, man, season