Kill two birds with one stone

Meaning: Accomplish two tasks with a single action.

Origin: English proverb from Thomas Hobbes in 1656, earlier Latin roots.

Translations

• French: Faire d'une pierre deux coups (literally: Make two hits with one stone)
• Spanish: Matar dos pájaros de un tiro (literally: Kill two birds with one shot)
• Japanese: 一石二鳥 (Isseki nichō) (literally: One stone, two birds)

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