Idioms

from every walk of life | from all walks of life

This page is about the idiom from every walk of life | from all walks of life

Meaning

If you meet people from every walk of life, or from all walks of life, you meet different types of people from different levels of society.

For example

  • We interviewed people from all walks of life, including doctors, taxi drivers, school teachers and unemployed people.

  • The music festival was designed to attract people from every walk of life, so there were rock bands and jazz bands, DJs and folk singers, and we even had a string quartet.

Quick Quiz

If she knows people from all walks of life, she knows people from

a. many different countries

b. many different age groups

c. many different backgrounds and occupations
a) many different countries b) many different age groups c) many different backgrounds and occupations

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