there's more than one way to skin a cat
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.
skin
UK /skɪn/ US /skɪn/
noun 5verb 5
Definitions
noun
1
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
Her skin is pale like chicken skin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers.
2
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4
A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
Do you eat the skin on custard?
5
A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
verb
1
To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
2
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
3
To high five.
4
To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
5
To use tricks to go past a defender.
The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.
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