have a few, several, etc. irons in the fire
to be involved with many activities or jobs at the same time or to make certain that there are always several possibilities available:
If that job application doesn't work out I've got a couple more irons in the fire.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Opportunity
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- bite
- break
- chance
- half
- look in
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- manqué
- miss
- miss out
- op
- pass
- the run of sth idiom
- the world is sb's oyster idiom
- there are plenty more fish in the sea idiom
- toehold
- too good to miss idiom
- window
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