gift vs string to one's bow

gift

• A talent or natural ability. 

• Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. 

• Something gained incidentally, without effort. 

• The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing. 

• To give as a gift or donation. 

• To give away, to concede easily. 

string to one's bow

• A skill, ability or resource. 

• A lover, paramour or suitor.