have another/more than one string to your bow
UKto have more than one interest, skill, or resource that you can use if you need to:
I enjoy my work, but I'd like to have another string to my bow in case I lose my job.
She is a multi-talented woman with many strings to her bow.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Skill, talent and ability
- a magic touch idiom
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- capability
- command
- dash
- ear
- effortless
- expertise
- facility
- faculty
- finesse
- nose
- polish
- proficient
- prowess
- pyrotechnics
- qualification
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