More Than One Way to Skin a Cat——有的是辦法
** there are many/more ways/methods to do something or accomplish the same end(有很多/更多的方式/方法來做某事或達到相同目的)
~~另有辦法;辦法多得很;用多種方式;達到目的的方法不只一個;各有巧妙不同的辦法;不同的路徑可以使一個人達到相同的目標;條條大道通羅馬;通向廣場的路不只一條
~~ there are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream/butter; more ways to kill a cat beside choking him to death; all roads lead to Rome/Mecca; different paths can take one to the same goal; there's more than one way to cook/crack an egg;
!! Charles Funk believed the idea sprang from a child’s maneuvers trying to get into a sitting position on a tree branch/bar. The child would hang by his arms, lift up his legs through his arms and over the branch/bar then either continue on in a somersault or hook his legs up over the limb. A mother watching this, saw a resemblance to removing the pelt from a cat, from the forelegs and down over the body.
查理斯 · 芬克認為,這個想法源於孩子試圖坐上樹枝/欄杆的動作。孩子會用雙臂吊起身來,抬起雙腿通過並越過樹枝/欄杆,然後繼續翻筋斗或將雙腿鉤在樹枝上。一位母親看到這一幕與從貓隻剝除毛皮的動作有相似之處,即由前腿開始覆蓋到全身。
>> We can save some capital by renting instead of buying an office building - there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
我們可以通過租賃而不是購買辦公樓來節省一些資金──有的是辦法。
>> Banks won’t lend money to our travel agency. There is more than one way to skin a cat. We can raise funds from shareholders or sell new shares.
銀行不肯借錢給我們的旅行社,總有其他解決方案,可向股東們融資或出售新股。
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