OXFORD 9000
📚 phrase • entry_id 54417

nobody's perfect

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nadie es perfecto
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.
1958, Some Like It Hot, film by Billy Wilder, starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe. When Jerry (Jack Lemmon) disguised as "Daphne" tries to fend off Osgood Fieldin…
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.
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