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не мытьём, так катаньем stresses
gen.	seven ways from Sunday (fa158); by hook or by crook
amer., Makarov.	whip the devil around the stump; whip the old gentleman around the stump
idiom.	for love or money (Азери; наоборот, т. к. англ. фраза употребляется только в отрицательных утверждениях SirReal); some way or other (Andrey Truhachev); by one means or another (Andrey Truhachev); by some means or other (Andrey Truhachev); in some way or other (Andrey Truhachev); there's more than one way to skin a cat (moevot); there is more than one way to skin a cat (moevot)
inf.	one way or another (Andrey Truhachev); either way (Andrey Truhachev); one way or the other (Andrey Truhachev); somehow or other (Andrey Truhachev); willy-nilly (Andrey Truhachev)
Makarov.	whip the devil round the post; whip the old gentleman round the post
proverb	by hook or by crook (дословно: Не крюком, так крючком); there are many ways of dressing a calf's head; there are more ways than one to kill a cat; there are more ways to the wood than one; it is as broad as it is long
не мытьём, так катанием
fig.	whether or not (Andrey Truhachev); whether or no (Andrey Truhachev)
idiom.	there's more than one way to skin a cat (moevot); there is more than one way to skin a cat (moevot)
rhetor.	overtly or covertly (так или иначе Alex_Odeychuk)
не мытьём так катаньем
gen.	death by a thousand cuts (Туйгун)
idiom.	by hook or by crook
Makarov.	plague a person into doing something
не мытьём, так катаньем.
idiom.	Beg, borrow or steal! (Nata Shkoda)

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