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there's more than one way to skin a cat

there's more than one way to skin a cat proverb: a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.

Proverb

there's more than one way to skin a cat

  1. A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.
    • At any rate, thought I, there's more than one way to skin a cat, as a butcher would say.1835 November 11, the New York Transcript, quotee, “Eccentricities of a Mad Man”, in Benj[amin] Kingsbury, Jr., editor, Zion’s Herald, volume VI, number 45, Boston, Mass.: Boston Wesleyan...
    • This is a money digging world of ours; and, as it is said, "there are more ways than one to skin a cat," so are there more ways than one of digging for money. But, in some mode or other, this seems to be the universal occupation of the sons of Adam.[1854, Seba Smith, “The Money-diggers and Old Nick”, in ’Way Down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life, New York, N.Y.: J[ames] C[ephas] Derby, […]; Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson & Co. […]...

there's more than one way to skin a cat meaning in Telugu and Arabic

there's more than one way to skin a cat in Telugu

a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal
శతకోటి దరిద్రాలకు అనంతకోటి ఉపాయాలు śatakōṭi daridrālaku anantakōṭi upāyālu

there's more than one way to skin a cat in Arabic

a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal
هناك أكثر من طريقَة لسلخ القط

Synonyms of there's more than one way to skin a cat

Forms of there's more than one way to skin a cat

alternative formthere are many ways to skin a cat

Origin of there's more than one way to skin a cat

Origin unknown. Other proverbs with the same meaning referencing the killing of animals are also attested, some as early as the 17th century; see, for example, “there are more ways to kill a dog than hanging” (1678), “there is more than one way to kill a cat” (1833), and “more ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream” (1855).

Questions about there's more than one way to skin a cat

What does there's more than one way to skin a cat mean?
There's more than one way to skin a cat means a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.
What is there's more than one way to skin a cat in Telugu?
There's more than one way to skin a cat in Telugu is శతకోటి దరిద్రాలకు అనంతకోటి ఉపాయాలు (śatakōṭi daridrālaku anantakōṭi upāyālu). See There's more than one way to skin a cat meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is there's more than one way to skin a cat?
There's more than one way to skin a cat is a proverb.

Words near there's more than one way to skin a cat in the dictionary

  1. there's more than one way to cook an egg
  2. there's more than one way to crack an egg
  3. there's more than one way to feed a cat
  4. there's more than one way to fuck a cat
  5. there's more than one way to peel an orange
  6. there's more than one way to skin a cat
  7. there's more where that came from
  8. there's no "there" there
  9. there's no accounting for taste
  10. there's no business like show business
  11. there's no fool like an old fool

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