
ProverbChallenge
English origin1678
There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him.
Meaning: Multiple methods exist to achieve the same harmful outcome, so don't fixate on one particular approach.
Origin: John Ray's collection of English proverbs (1678) has "There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging." There is more than one way to reach a goal; later versions swapped the dog for a cat.
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