Question

Kill Two Birds with One Stone to do two things by one action; to get two results with just one effort

Accepted Answer

At the library, Niko can kill two birds with one stone. He does his school work and sees his friends. There was a similar expression in Latin about 2,000 years ago, and "kill two birds with one stone" became popular in English many centuries later. It comes from hunting birds by throwing stones at them or shooting stones at them with a slingshot. If you actually killed two birds with just one stone, a practically impossible feat, you'd be carrying out two tasks with just a single effort.

Idiom	Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Example	At the library, Niko can kill two birds with one stone. He does his school work and sees his friends.
Meaning	to do two things by one action; to get two results with just one effort
Origin	There was a similar expression in Latin about 2,000 years ago, and "kill two birds with one stone" became popular in English many centuries later. It comes from hunting birds by throwing stones at them or shooting stones at them with a slingshot. If you actually killed two birds with just one stone, a practically impossible feat, you'd be carrying out two tasks with just a single effort.

Birds Kill Stone Library Niko School Work Sees