| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | have more than one string to one's bow | иметь козырь про запас |
| gen. | have more than one string to your bow | иметь несколько вариантов решений (have another than one string to your bow have another/more than one string to your bow idiom to have another interest or skill which you can use if your main one cannot be used Х I enjoy my work, but I'd like to have another string to my bow in case I lose my job. CALD Alexander Demidov) |
| idiom. | have more than than one string to bow | иметь средство про запас (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | have more than than one string to bow | иметь выбор между двумя средствами (Yeldar Azanbayev) |