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The English version of more than one way to skin a cat originated with gymnastics. A gymnastic exercise performed that involves passing the feet and legs between the arms while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar.
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∙ 15y ago'There are many ways to carry out a task.'
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∙ 15y agoIt means that there is more than one way to get something done.
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∙ 9y agoThere is a thousand ways to skin a cat is an expression that means there is more than one way, or many ways, of achieving a goal.
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What does skin the cat mean?
If you are reffering to the phrase - "there's more than one way to skin a cat" - it just means that there is more than one way to do something. i did research on the answer and its correct It could refer to the practice of climbing to the top of flexible trees and bending the top over and riding the tree to the ground. This was a popular passtime in rural areas years ago. Was called skinning cats or skin the cat.
What is the origin of the old saying Luckier Than a cat with two assholes?
I don't think there is one. lol
How do you blow dry your cat?
NEVER BLOW DRY A CAT!!! It can suffer from burns, dry skin, dry eyes, and many more health problums! Just dry off a cat with a towl.
What is a cat body covering?
A cat's body is covered in skin. Most cats have skin that is covered by fur.
Can you get cat scratch fever more than once?
no
Is there more than one way to skin a cat?
Maybe, but I'm sorry that there's even one way to skin a cat. Who would want to?
There is more then one way to do this to a cat?
this is a terrible saying it is called " there is more than one way to skin a cat" People shouldn't use it .
What does skin the cat mean?
If you are reffering to the phrase - "there's more than one way to skin a cat" - it just means that there is more than one way to do something. i did research on the answer and its correct It could refer to the practice of climbing to the top of flexible trees and bending the top over and riding the tree to the ground. This was a popular passtime in rural areas years ago. Was called skinning cats or skin the cat.
When did the assertion there is more than one way to skin a cat originate?
In prehistoric times, when one neandethal was wrongly accused of skinning a saber-toothed cat incorrectly.
What figure of speech is the phrase its more than one way to skin a cat?
Figurative language i blive nto sure though
Should shave cat because of asthma in your kid instead of getting rid of her?
Asthma can KILLHas many triggers, are you sure its the cat? Or only the cat? You need to do some investigating. Asthma can KILL.No you can not assume this will work!Cat allergies are triggered by Cat dander.Dander is a mixture of the skin oils and skin flakes. Its more complicated than that but an accurate generalization for our puposes.Shaving the cat will result in angry cat and Wheezing child.
Who has more teeth a dog or cat?
A dog has more teeth than a cat.
What is a cat's skin covering?
its a the colour on top of the skin of a cat
What is the origin of the old saying Luckier Than a cat with two assholes?
I don't think there is one. lol
Could you find a cat that weighed more than 5000 paper clips?
yes probably. I think that my cat could weigh more than that =] yes probably. I think that my cat could weigh more than that =]
Why does your cat like you better than your boyfriend?
Your cat is more of a member of your family than your boyfriend.
What does 'There is more than one way to skin a cat' mean?
ANSWER There's more than one way to accomplish the task or solve the problem. The remark is often made by someone who has just come up with a clever or crafty, less obvious alternative, especially when the first solution didn't work. ANSWER SKIN THE CAT - According to Charles Earle Funk in "A Hog on Ice" (Harper & Row, New York, 1948) the expression "to skin the cat" refers to a boy's gymnastic trick: "In America, as any country boy knows, this means to hang by the hands from a branch or bar, draw the legs up through the arms and over the branch, and pull oneself up into a sitting position. As we must abide by the record, we cannot say positively that the name for this violent small-boy exercise is more than a century old, but it is highly likely that Ben Franklin or earlier American lads had the same name for it. No one got around to putting it into print until about 1845. One can't be sure why the operation was called 'skinning the cat,' but maybe some mother, seeing it for the first time, saw in it some resemblance to the physical operation of removing the pelt from a cat, first from the forelegs and down over the body." Mr. Funk doesn't say WHY anyone would actually skin a cat, but anyway. http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/1858.html Idioms: more than one way to skin a cat More than one method to reach the same end, as in We can get around that by renting instead of buying a computer--there's more than one way to skin a cat. This expression may be an American version of the earlier British more ways of killing a cat, but why the death of a cat should be alluded to at all is not clear. [Second half of 1800s] http://www.answers.com/more%20than%20one%20way%20to%20skin%20a%20cat There are several versions of this saying, which suggests that there are always several ways to do something. Charles Kingsley used one old British form in Westward Ho! in 1855: "there are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream". Other versions include "there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging him", "there are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter", and "there are more ways of killing a dog than choking him with pudding". Mark Twain used your version in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1889: "she was wise, subtle, and knew more than one way to skin a cat", that is, more than one way to get what she wanted. An earlier appearance is in 'Way down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life by Seba Smith of about 1854: "This is a money digging world of ours; and, as it is said, 'there are more ways than one to skin a cat,' so are there more ways than one of digging for money". From the way he writes, the author clearly knew this to be a well-known existing proverbial saying. In fact, it is first recorded in John Ray's collection of English proverbs as far back as 1678. Some writers have pointed to its use in the southern states of the US in reference to catfish, often abbreviated to cat, a fish that is indeed usually skinned in preparing it for eating. However, it looks very much from the multiple versions of the saying, their wide distribution and their age, that this is just a local application of the proverb. The version more than one way to skin a cat seems to have nothing directly to do with the American English term to skin a cat, which is to perform a type of gymnastic exercise, involving passing the feet and legs between the arms while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar. However, its name may have been http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mor1.htm When someone says there is more than one way to skin a cat they mean that there is more than one way to do something
