a string to one's bow
a string to one's bow
or another string to your bowphrase [Ns inflect, PHRASE after verb]
stringIf someone has more than one string to their bow, they have more than one ability or thing they can use if the first one they try is not successful.
I'm never out of work because I have so many strings to my bow.
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