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Verb

kill two birds with one stone

1. idiom To solve two problems at once.

#:Biking to work on a nice day kills two birds with one stone. It makes both my commute and my workout more enjoyable.

Translations

Chinese: ���鳥, ���� (literal: one stone, two birds)
Dutch: twee vliegen in één klap slaan (literal: hit two flies in one slap)
Finnish: tappaa kaksi kärpästä yhdellä iskulla (literal: kill two flies with one slap)
French: faire d'une pierre deux coups
German: zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen
Greek: με ένα �μ�ά�ο δ�ο ���γ�νια (literal: with one shot, two pigeons)
Japanese: ���鳥
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Polish: wilk syty i owca ca�a
Russian: �би�� одним в����елом дв�� зай�ев (literal: kill two hares with one shot)
Swedish: slå två flugor i en smäll
Icelandic: slá tvær flugur í einu höggi
Telugu: ���ద�బ�బ�� ర��డ� పి���ల� (okaedebbaku reMDu piTTalu)

fr:kill two birds with one stone
ja:kill two birds with one stone
sv:kill two birds with one stone

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