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1 there are more ways than one to kill a cat
амер.есть много способов добиться своего; ≈ свет не клином сошёлсяBut then the Church came to the front... she was wise, subtle, and knew more than one way to skin a cat - or a nation... (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. 8) — Но затем появилась церковь... она была мудра, ловка и знала много способов, как сдирать шкуру с кошки - то есть с народа...
I can marry the person I want, I guess. And if I can't do it here, well, there are more ways than one to kill a cat. (Th. Dreiser, ‘An American Tragedy’, book II, ch. XXXIX) — Надо полагать, я смогу выйти замуж за кого пожелаю. А если не смогу сделать этого здесь - ну что ж, свет не клином сошелся.
The prosecutor said, ‘It's hard to get the evidence from Switzerland in a form we can use.’ ‘Does that mean our hands are tied?’ ‘Not at all. There are lots of ways of skinning a cat.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Musical Cow’, ch. 24) — - Трудно получить доказательства из Швейцарии в том виде, в каком нам нужно, - заметил обвинитель. - Это значит, что у нас связаны руки? - Отнюдь. Есть много других способов добраться до истины.
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2 there are more ways to the wood than one
syn: there are more ways of killing a dog than by hangingthere is more than one way to kill ( або to skin) a catне києм, то палицею there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging itEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > there are more ways to the wood than one
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A n4 ○ †( guy) type ○ m ;5 ○ abrév ⇒ catalytic converter.it was enough to make a cat laugh ○ c'était à se tordre ○ ; there are more ways than one to kill ou skin a cat il y a plus d'une façon de s'y prendre ; to be like a cat on a hot tin roof ou on hot bricks être sur des charbons ardents ; to fight like cat and dog se battre comme des chiffonniers ; to grin like a Cheshire cat avoir un sourire fendu jusqu'aux oreilles ; to let the cat out of the bag vendre la mèche ; the cat's out of the bag ce n'est plus un secret pour personne ; to look like something the cat brought ou dragged in être en piteux état ; to rain cats and dogs pleuvoir des cordes ; there's hardly enough room to swing a cat il y a à peine la place de se retourner ; to think one is the cat's whiskers GB ou pajamas US ou meow US se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter ; to (wait and) see which way the cat jumps attendre de voir d'où vient le vent ; when the cat's away, the mice will play quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent ; to play cat and mouse with sb jouer au chat et à la souris avec qn.■ cat around ○ US draguer ○. -
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