there's more than one way to skin a cat

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  1. A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.
    — At any rate, thought I, there's more than one way to skin a cat, as a butcher would say.

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Origin unknown. Other proverbs with the same meaning referencing the killing of animals are also attested, some as early as the 17th century; see, for example, “there are more ways to kill a dog than hanging” (1678), “there is more than one way to kill a cat” (1833), and “more ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream” (1855).
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