kills two birds with one stone
Solves two simultaneously
To kill two birds with one stone is to accomplish two objectives with a single action.
The idiom suggests efficiency—one effort, double the result: By biking to work, I kill two birds with one stone: I save money and get exercise.
The birds are figurative; no actual violence is implied.
- dual-purposeHaving two functions
- innovationCreating something original
- cut cornersReduce effort or cost improperly
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
- time managementPlanning how hours are spent
double duty · optimization · idiom · multitasking · proverb · project planning · streamlining · figure of speech · two-for-one · bang for your buck · aphorism · synergy · consolidation · economizing · colloquialism · one fell swoop · ingenuity · resourcefulness
kills two birds with one stonespinning one's wheels
reinvent the wheel · reinventing the wheel · use a sledgehammer to crack a nut · inefficient · running in circles
kills two birds with one stonepiecemeal
In separate stages
haphazard · compartmentalized · brute force · robbing Peter to pay Paul · disjointed
kills two birds with one stonestrike out
Delete or fail batting
fall short · come away empty · shoot blanks · spin one's wheels
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