Definition
To attempt to apply a single solution to different problems.
Origins
From the proverb, you cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
In Context
- "The king of England, who is your holiness's son, is not so like the rest of the world. We cannot put the same shoe on every foot."
- "You would laugh at a cobbler who should attempt to put the same shoe on every foot."
- "Watch anything in a cage, that is run on a regulatory system of control, sensory deprivation and or sensory abuse, really really poor nutrition, no regard for individual dignity, trying to put the same shoe on every foot,etc."