Helen Nguyen
2021-02-21 09:02
Have another string/more strings to your bow British verb phrase
To have more than one ability or skill that you can use in case you don't succeed in using your main skill.
I'm attending a nurse course which is another string to my bow in case I lose my job.
My sister has many strings to her bow. She was a photographer and fashion designer before becoming an executive editor of fashion magazine.
If something or someone weaves their magic, they use their unique talents or charm to produce a good effect or a desired outcome.
Used to describe a woman who is successful and talented in many areas
To be slightly beyond one's abilities
To describe someone that has no musical talent, especially in singing.
to be much more outstanding, excellent, exceptional compared to others at the same range, level.
The verb "have" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase comes from metaphorical meaning. If you have "more than one string to your bow" you have more than one skill or qualification, so that if your first one fails you, you can make use of the other. The bow is the kind you shoot arrows from; the metaphor simply means that you have a spare bowstring, so even if the first one breaks you have one in reserve and can still shoot your bow. (Source: phrase.org.uk)
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