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There's more than one way to skin a cat

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There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Prov. You can always find more than one way to do something. Jill: How will we fix the sink without a wrench? Jane: There's more than one way to skin a cat. Our first approach didn't work, but we'll figure out some other way. There's more than one way to skin a cat.

See also: cat, more, one, skin, way

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

  (humorous)

something that you say which means that there are several possible ways of achieving something It may be illegal for them to organise a strike, but they can still show the management how they feel. There's more than one way to skin a cat, you know.

See also: cat, more, one, skin, way