string to one's bow

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A skill, ability or resource. idiomatic
    — McGough has not a string to his bow. He had no friends behind him; that was the trouble.
  2. A lover, paramour or suitor, especially one of many. idiomatic
    — Massimilla was no coquette. She had no second string to her bow, no secondo, no terzo, no patito.

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