A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The WAY to a man’s heart is through his stomach

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  1814 J. ADAMS Letter 15 Apr. in Works (1851) VI. 505 The shortest road to men’s hearts is down their throats. 1845 R. FORD Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain I. i. The way to many an honest heart lies through the belly. 1857 D. M. MULOCK John Halifax, Gentleman xxx. ‘Christmas dinners will be much in request.’ ‘There’s a saying that the way to an Englishman’s heart is through his stomach.’ 1975 A. PRICE Our Man in Camelot v. The way to a man’s heart wasn’t through his stomach, it was through an appreciation of what interested him. 1986 J. W. RIDER Jersey Tomatoes xv. What she meant was in a home she could bake things and make meals for him. .. The way to man’s heart is through his stomach. 2001 Washington Post 6 Jan. C11 (Piranha Club comic strip)’And remember ladies—the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.’ ‘Unfortunately, you have to get it past his gag reflex first.’ "food and drink
  

There is more than one WAY to skin a cat
n1854 S SMITH ‘Wm down East viii 166 This is a mnnev dicrcrincr world of ours _and

as it is said, ‘there are more ways than one to skin a cat,’ so there are more ways than one of digging for money. 1918 W. FAULKNER Letter 17 Oct. in J. G. Watson Thinking of Home (1992) So you see, there is more than one way to skin a cat. 2001 K. TOPPING Slayer (rev. ed.) 232 The Mayor [in a 1999 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer] knows that the statement ‘There’s more than one way to skin a cat’ is factually accurate. ■ways and means
way see also the LONGEST way round is the shortest way home; LOVE will find a way; OTHER times, other manners; STRAWS tell which way the wind blows; a WILFUL man must have his way; where there’s a WILL there’s a way.