There's more than one way to skin a cat.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Prov. You can always find more than one way to do something. •

Jill: How will we fix the sink without a wrench? Jane: There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Our first approach didn't work, but we'll figure out some other way. There's more than one way to skin a cat.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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