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    Kill two birds with one stone
    • achieve two aims at once

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  2. May 13, 2024 · The meaning of KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE is to achieve two things by doing a single action. How to use kill two birds with one stone in a sentence.

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    accomplish two different things at the same time
    solve two problems with one single action
    achieve two things with a single action
    achieve two ends with a single effort
    I have to go to the bank, and on the way back, I’ll pick up the groceries as well, killing two birds with one stone.
    He had gone to London on a business trip, while there, he killed two birds with one stoneand visited his relatives as well.
    Cycling to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money and gives you some exercise.
    I read the newspaper while sipping my morning cup of tea, killing two birds with one stone.

    In its present form, the earliest printed record of the idiom was found in 1656. It is to be believed that the phrase was originated from the story of Daedalus and Icarus from Greek Mythology. Daedalus killed two birds with one stone in order to get the feathers of the birds and make the wings. The father and son who escaped from the Labyrinth on C...

  4. May 21, 2022 · The expression “kill two birds with one stone” means completing two tasks with one action. It’s a way of saying that you can take care of more than one important thing without experiencing any drop in your efficiency.

  5. To accomplish two objectives with a single action: “If we can get gas and have lunch at the next rest stop, we will be killing two birds with one stone.”

  6. The meaning of 'kill two birds with one stone' is achieving two tasks with one action. Find out the saying's origin & see examples.

  7. kill two birds with one stone, to. To achieve two goals with a single effort. Although the idea dates from Roman times, the precise expression, however unlikely it may be as a literal reality (just try killing two birds by shooting off a single rock), dates from about 1600.

  8. Kill two birds with one stone. Achieve two objectives with one strategy or action. Thomas Hobbes is certainly credited with one of the first appearances of the expression in English in 1656, “kill two birds with one stone, and satisfy two arguments with one answer” but some sources maintain that similar expressions existed in Latin, long ...

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