kill two birds with one stone
- kill two birds with one stone
kill two birds with one stone
Fig. to solve two problems at one time with a single action. •
John learned the words to his part in the play while peeling potatoes. He was killing two birds with one stone.
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I have to cash a check and make a payment on my bank loan. I'll kill two birds with one stone by doing them both in one trip to the bank.
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{v. phr.} To succeed in doing two things by only one action; get two results from one effort. * /Mother stopped at the supermarket to buy bread and then went to get Jane at dancing class; she killed two birds with one stone./ * /The history teacher told us that making an outline kills two birds with one stone; it makes us study the lesson till we understand it, and it gives us notes to review before the test./
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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kill two birds with one stone — to do two things at the same time using the effort needed to do only one. I killed two birds with one stone and saw some old friends while I was in Louisiana visiting my parents … New idioms dictionary
