another string to your bow

another string to (one's) bow

An additional option, skill, or ability available to one. Your college degree will be another string to your bow if your professional football career is short-lived.

another string to your bow

BRITISH

If you have another string to your bow, you have an extra skill that you can use if you do not succeed using your main skill. In this expression, `bow' is pronounced with the same vowel sound as the word `show'. Looking for another string to his bow, he turned to art and design, for which he had always shown a talent. Note: You can also say that someone has a second string to their bow, with the same meaning. She should really develop a second string to her bow in case the acting doesn't work out. Note: You can also say that someone has many strings to their bow or several strings to their bow. Stephanie has many strings to her bow. Before opting for a career in interior design, she was a photographer and a Wall Street banker. Note: Archers used to carry a spare bowstring in case the first one broke.

词组	another string to your bow
释义	another string to your bow another string to (one's) bow An additional option, skill, or ability available to one. Your college degree will be another string to your bow if your professional football career is short-lived. See also: another, bow, string Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. another string to your bow BRITISH If you have another string to your bow, you have an extra skill that you can use if you do not succeed using your main skill. In this expression, `bow' is pronounced with the same vowel sound as the word `show'. Looking for another string to his bow, he turned to art and design, for which he had always shown a talent. Note: You can also say that someone has a second string to their bow, with the same meaning. She should really develop a second string to her bow in case the acting doesn't work out. Note: You can also say that someone has many strings to their bow or several strings to their bow. Stephanie has many strings to her bow. Before opting for a career in interior design, she was a photographer and a Wall Street banker. Note: Archers used to carry a spare bowstring in case the first one broke. See also: another, bow, string Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: another string to (one's) bow have another string to (one's) bow have another string/more strings to your bow have more strings to (one's) bow add another string to (one's) bow tie (something) up in a bow prime cut (one) down in (one's) prime cut (one) off in (one's) prime cut someone off in their prime References in periodicals archive Look at it as another string to your bow," came back the sarcastic reply. "Good job Tasha, another string to your bow." Mike Taylor picked up the documents and went straight to the meeting. "Another string to your bow Tasha," came a voice from the of-fice. ANOTHER STRING TO THE BOW; SHORT STORY Tales from the Midlands a If you fancy adding another string to your bow, visit www.discoverahobby.com Each month the site will suggest a new hobby for you to learn, and there's an archive of previous suggestions to look through. WEB LIFE "He's got similar qualities to Umaga, and it is always good to have another string to your bow as a player." RUGBY UNION: COHEN THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION "This surface suits the horse's stride well and it gives you another string to your bow. Lingfield: Abbey off mark at first time of asking
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