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kill two birds with one stone
- (idiomatic) To solve two problems at once.
- Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.
[edit] Translations
to solve two problems at once
- Chinese: 一石二鳥, 一石二鸟 (yī shí èr niǎo) (literally, one stone, two birds)
- Croatian: ùbiti dvȉje mùhe jèdnīm ùdārcem hr(hr) (literally, to kill two flies with one hit)
- Czech: zabít dvě mouchy jednou ranou cs(cs)
- Danish: slå to fluer med et smæk (literally, kill two flies with one slap)
- Dutch: twee vliegen in één klap slaan (literally, hit two flies in one slap)
- Estonian: tapma kaks kärbest ühe hoobiga (literally, kill two flies in one slap)
- Finnish: tappaa kaksi kärpästä yhdellä iskulla fi(fi)
- French: faire d'une pierre deux coups fr(fr)
- German: zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen de(de)
- Greek: με ένα σμπάρο δυο τρυγόνια (literally, with one shot, two pigeons)
- Icelandic: slá tvær flugur í einu höggi (literally, kill two flies with one slap)
- Italian: prendere due piccioni con una fava (literally, catch two pigeons with one fava bean)
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