English Explanatory Dictionary

there's more than one way to skin a cat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

there's more than one way to skin a cat there are many ways to skin a cat

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

all roads lead to Rome there's more than one way to cook an egg there's more than one way to crack an egg there's more than one way to peel an orange there's more than one way to feed a cat there's more than one way to fuck a cat

Related words

if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail TMTOWTDI
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