string to (one's) bow
string to (one's) bow
An option or alternative available in the event that the current course of action, circumstance, opportunity, etc., is not viable. With all this varied job experience under my belt, I have more than one string to my bow if this particular career path isn't to my liking. I've got a job interview next week, but I'm still handing out my résumé so that I'll have more than one string to my bow.
See also: bow, string
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- have more than one string to (one's) bow
- fish in troubled waters
- mixed up in (something)
- troubled waters
- mix (one) up in (something)
- mix up in
- mixe
- mixed up in
- about the size of it
- never a rose without a/the prick