nobody's perfect
phraseDefinitions
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else…
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.
- 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.
- 2000, Madonna, Nobody's Perfect I feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my best
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nobody's perfect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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