have more than one string to your bow
- have more than one string to your bow
have more than one string to your bow british phrase
to have more than one plan, idea, or skill if the first one is not successful
To survive as an actor you need more than one string to your bow.
Thesaurus: to have a particular quality or thing
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have more than one string to your bow
Brit : to have more than one idea,
skill,
plan,
etc., that you can use if it is needed
That didn't fix the problem, but I have more than one string to my bow.
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Useful english dictionary.
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have more than one string to your bow — British to have more than one plan, idea, or skill if the first one is not successful To survive as an actor you need more than one string to your bow … English dictionary
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have another more strings to your bow — have another string/more strings to your bow idiom (BrE) to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to • The exhibition shows that he has other strings to his artistic bow. Main entry: ↑stringidiom … Useful english dictionary
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