kill two birds with one stone

kill two birds with one stone
To solve two problems with one single action.

Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.


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  • kill two birds with one stone — To accomplish one thing by the same means as, or by accomplishing, another • • • Main Entry: ↑bird kill two birds with one stone see under ↑bird • • • Main Entry: ↑kill * * * kill two birds with one stone phrase to achieve two things, both at the …   Useful english dictionary

  • kill two birds with one stone — {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kill two birds with one stone — {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kill two birds with one stone — When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • kill two birds with one stone — ► kill two birds with one stone proverb achieve two aims at once. Main Entry: ↑kill …   English terms dictionary

  • kill two birds with one stone — accomplish two things with one action He was able to kill two birds with one stone by going to the meeting. (from Idioms in Speech) to effect two results with one expenditure of trouble; to gain two objects by one exertion I perceive, said Jolyon …   Idioms and examples

  • kill two birds with one stone —    When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you kill two birds with the one stone, you succeed in doing two things at the same time.     By… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Kill two birds with one stone —   When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • kill\ two\ birds\ with\ one\ stone — 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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

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