lift all boats

Meanings:

1.
United StatesWorldwideformaljournalisticpolitical
- To describe a situation in which overall economic or social improvement is said to benefit everyone in a community or society.
- To assert that policies or growth that raise general prosperity will also raise the well‑being of all groups or individuals.
2.
United StatesWorldwideinformalcolloquialcritical
- Used ironically or skeptically to indicate that general improvements do not necessarily reach all people and that benefits may be distributed unevenly.
3.
Worldwideneutral
- Literally, to raise all boats by increasing the water level, such as when the tide rises.

EN: But a rising tide didn't lift all boats.
ES: Pero un marea no levantó a todos los barcos.
EN: "High tides lift all boats"?
ES: ¿La marea alta hace subir a todos los barcos?
EN: During this period we were introduced to the idea of trickle-down economics, that by making the top of the top as wealthy as we possibly can, using fiscal monetary policies, that just would cause trickle-down, that a rising tide would lift all boats.
ES: Durante este período, conocimos el concepto de economía del "efecto dominó", que hacer a los ricos lo más ricos posible mediante políticas monetarias fiscales provocaría un efecto dominó que mejoraría la situación de todos.
EN: I believe a rising tide should lift all boats.
ES: Creo que con la marea deben flotar todos los barcos.
ID: Semua akan diuntungkan bila perekonomian membaik.
EN: The rising tide continues to lift all boats.
TE: పెరుగుతున్న ఆటుపోట్లు అన్ని పడవలను ఎత్తివేస్తాయి.