Have another string/more strings to your bow In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "have another string/more strings to your bow", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Helen Nguyen calendar 2021-02-21 09:02

Meaning of Have another string/more strings to your bow

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.

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Grammar and Usage of Have another string/more strings to your bow

Verb Forms

  • have another string/more strings to your bow
  • had another string/more strings to your bow

The verb "have" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Have another string/more strings to your bow

If you have "more than one string to your bow" you have more than one skill or qualification (Source: worldipreview)

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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