八方美人

はっぽうびじん

everybody's friend

Meanings

  1. noun, four-character idiom, oft. used derogatively everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flunky
  2. four-character idiom flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

Its kanji

In sentences

彼かれは八方美人はっぽうびじんだ。 He's everybody's friend. #101251

八方美人はっぽうびじんになるな。 Don't try to be all things to all men. #121327

八方美人はっぽうびじんに友ともはなし。 A friend to all is a friend to none. #480895

八方美人はっぽうびじん頼たのむに足たらず。 A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. #121326