all roads lead to Rome

all roads lead to Rome
{literary} The same end or goal may be reached by many different ways. - A proverb. * /"I don't care how you get the answer," said the teacher, "All roads lead to Rome."/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • all roads lead to Rome — {literary} The same end or goal may be reached by many different ways. A proverb. * / I don t care how you get the answer, said the teacher, All roads lead to Rome. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • all roads lead to Rome — everything ends up at the same place, all ways eventually lead to the same place …   English contemporary dictionary

  • all roads lead to Rome —    This means that there can be many different ways of doing something.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • all roads lead to Rome — proverb there are many different ways of reaching the same goal or conclusion …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Rome — see when in Rome, do as the Romans do Rome was not built in a day all roads lead to Rome it is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope …   Proverbs new dictionary

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