Kill two birds with one stone - Idiomatically

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Meaning

An action which solves two problems or completes to tasks at the same time. Examples "I am hungry but I need to go drop off this package, so I will kill two birds with one stone, and head to the UPS store next to the fast food restaurant."

Equivalent idioms in other languages

This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.

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Arabic
ضَرَب عُصْفُورَيْن بِحَجَر وَاحِد‎
to hit two sparrows with one stone
Bengali
এক ঢিলে দুই পাখি মারা
to hit two birds with one stone
Bulgarian
С един куршум - два заека
Two rabbits with one bullet
Chinese
一石二鸟
one stone two birds
Danish
slå to fluer med et smæk
to hit two flies with one slap
Dutch
twee vliegen in één klap slaan
to hit two flies in one slap
Estonian
tapma kaks kärbest ühe hoobiga
to kill two flies in one slap
French
Faire d'une pierre deux coups
Strike twice with one stone
German
zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen
Kill two flies with one fly swatter
Greek
με ένα σμπάρο δυο τρυγόνια
with one shot, two pigeons
Hindi
एक तीर से दो निशाने मारना।
To hit two targets with one arrow.
Hungarian
Két legyet egy csapásra
Two flies with one hit
Icelandic
slá tvær flugur í einu höggi
to hit two flies in one slap
Italian
Prendere due piccioni con una fava
Catch two pigeons with one fava bean
Korean
일석이조
one stone, two birds
Mongolian
нэг сумаар хоёр туулай буудах
to kill two hares with one bullet
Portuguese
Matar dois coelhos de uma cajatada só
Kill two rabbits with only one cane-blow
Russian
уби́ть одни́м вы́стрелом двух за́йцев
to kill two hares with one shot
Serbian
+1
убити једним ударцем двије мухе
to hit two flies in one slap
Spanish
+1
Matar dos pajaros de un tiro
kill two bird with one shot
Tamil
ஒரே கல்லில் இரண்டு மாங்காய்
to hit two mangoes with one stone
Turkish
bir taşla iki kuş vurmak
hit two birds with one stone
Yiddish
שיסן צוויי האָזן מיט איין שאָס‎
shoot two hares with one shot