| 单词 | more ways of killing a dog than hanging it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmore ways of killing a dog (also cat) than hanging it c. more ways of killing a dog (also cat) than hanging it, more ways of killing a cat (also dog) than choking it with cream (also butter) and other variants. Later also more simply more ways than one of killing a cat (also dog) and variants. See also there is more than one way to skin a cat at skin v. Phrases 2b, more ways to the wood than one at wood n.1 5h. ΚΠ 1725 J. Swift Let. 4 Jan. in Wks. (1941) X. 165 I know that very homely Proverb, more ways of killing a Dog than hanging him. 1839 S. Smith John Smith's Lett. v. 91 You needn't bother about that. There's more ways to kill a cat than one. 1845 W. T. Thompson Major Jones' Chron. Pineville 35 There's more ways to kill a dog besides choking him with butter. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! II. xii. 327 Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream. 1912 ‘Saki’ Chron. Clovis 72 ‘There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream,’ he quoted, ‘but I'm not sure,’ he added, ‘that it's not the best way.’ 1955 W. C. MacDonald Destination, Danger x I'm much obliged. But you can kill a dog without choking him with butter. 1979 Country Life 12 July 75/1 There are more ways of killing a cat than feeding it on cream. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues x. 328 But there are more ways than one of killing the cat. < as lemmas |
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