have [a lot of/a few/several etc.] strings to (your) bow

British & Australian

another string to (your) bow - an extra skill or qualification which you can use if you cannot use your main one.

She's a trained counsellor and she does pottery classes in the evenings - she has several strings to her bow.

• not have a minute to call own
• not have a minute to call your own
• not have a monopoly on
• not have a monopoly on something
• not have a pot to piss in
• not have a prayer
• not have a snowball's chance in hell
• not have a type of bone in body
• not have a type of bone in your body
• not have much going for
• not have much going for you
• not have much time
• not have much time someone
• not have much time something
• not have the faintest
• not have the faintest idea
• not have the foggiest idea
• not have the foggiest notion
• not have the heart
• not have the heart to
• not have the heart to do something
• not have the stomach
• not have the stomach for
• not have the stomach for something
• not have two pennies to rub together