1894 Brewer’s / 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. 3.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.