That's James all over, ...

[shootingstar]

That's James all over, he's got to have things his own way.
(An example from the book Oxford Dictionary Of English Idioms)

I guess it is That is James all over. But what does it mean?

 

[Barque]

It roughly means "That's what he's like" or "That's typical of James".

 

[Rover_KE]

What does the Oxford Dictionary Of English Idioms say it means, shootingstar?

 

[shootingstar]

What does the Oxford Dictionary Of English Idioms say it means, shootingstar?

Nothing at all, I'm afraid! It's an example for the phrase have etc. it/things one's (own) way.

However, I've found a synonym for That's James all over; it is That's James to a T/tee. What do you think of it?

 

[emsr2d2]

Nothing at all, I'm afraid! It's an example for the phrase have etc. it/things one's (own) way.

But However, I've found an a synonym to for That's James all over; it is That's James to a T/tee. What do you think of it?

That's a good synonym. "to a tee" is used a lot in BrE.