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[there is more than one way to get a pig to market] or [flay a fox] or [skin a cat] There are always new and different ways to accomplish a difficult task. — A proverb. •/"'How did you get Tommy to study so hard?" Eleanor asked. "I simply disconnected the television set," Tommy’s mother answered. "There’s more than one way to get a pig to market."/

[there is nothing to it] Informal way to say, "It is easy." •/Cooking stir-fried Chinese food is really not difficult at all; in fact, there’s nothing to it./

[There you go!] 1. Informal way to say, "You are doing it already and you are doing it well." •/"Is roller skating hard?" Freddie asked. "No," Beth replied, "let me show you how to do it. There you go!"/ 2. See: THERE or HERE YOU ARE(2).

[the ropes]{n. plural}, {informal} Thorough or special knowledge of a job; how to do something; the ways of people or the world. •/On a newspaper a cub reporter learns his job from an older reporter who knows the ropes./ •/When you go to a new school it takes a while to learn the ropes./ •/Betty showed Jane the ropes when she was learning to make a dress./ •/Mr. Jones was an orphan and he had to learn the ropes when he was young to make his way in the world./ Compare: BE AROUND, INS AND OUTS, TRICK OF THE TRADE.

[the score]{n.}, {slang} The truth; the real story or information; what is really happening; the way people and the world really are. •/Very few people know the score in politics./ •/You are too young to know the score yet./ •/What’s the score anyhow? When will the program begin?/ Compare: KNOW ONE’S STUFF, KNOW ONE’S WAY AROUND, THE ROPES.

[these] See: ONE OF THESE DAYS or SOME OF THESE DAYS.

[the three R’s]{n. phr.} (W)riting, reading, and (a)rithmetic, the three basic skills of an elementary education. •/Barry has completed the three R’s, but otherwise he has had little formal education./

[the ticket]{n.} Exactly what is needed. — Often used with "just". •/This airtight locker is just the ticket for storing your winter clothes./

[the tracks]{n.} The line between the rich or fashionable part of town and the poor or unfashionable part of town. •/The poor children knew they would not be welcome on the other side of the tracks./ •/Mary’s mother did not want her to date Jack, because he came from across the tracks./ — Often used in the expression "the wrong side of the tracks". •/The mayor was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but he worked hard and became successful./

[the whole way] See: ALL THE WAY.

[the wiser]{adj.} Knowing about something which might be embarrassing of knowing. — Usually used with "nobody" or "no one". •/Mary took the teacher’s book home by mistake, but early the next morning she returned it with nobody the wiser./