all\ roads\ lead\ to\ Rome

all\ roads\ lead\ to\ Rome
literary
proverb
the same end or goal may be reached by many different ways.

"I don't care how you get the answer," said the teacher, "All roads lead to Rome."


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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