have more than one string to fiddle

have more than one string to one's fiddle

Rur. to have many talents. Joe has more than one string to his fiddle. He's a good painter, and he also cooks and fixes cars. This job involves a lot of different duties. We'll need to hire someone who has more than one string to his fiddle.
See also: fiddle, have, more, one, string
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • If it ain't chickens, it's feathers
  • go at like a boy killing snakes
  • have just one oar in the water
  • do a power of good, to
  • if you've a mind to do
  • fit as a fiddle
  • (as) fit as a fiddle
  • be as fit as a fiddle
  • have a bad case of the simples
  • If that don't beat a pig a-pecking!