kill two birds with one stone

Etymology
Apparently coined by Dr. John Bramhall, Bishop of Derry, in a 1646 letter to Thomas Hobbes, later published in 1656.

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Verb

 * 1)  To solve two problems with one single action.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: ضَرَب عُصْفُورَيْن بِحَجَر وَاحِد
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: bir güllə ilə iki dovşan vurmaq
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: да убиеш с един куршум два заека
 * Burmese: တစ်ချက်ခုတ် နှစ်ချက်ပြတ်
 * Catalan: matar dos pardals d'un tret, matar dos ocells d'un tret
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 一石二鳥, 一箭雙鵰, 一雞兩味, 一舉兩得
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: zabít dvě mouchy jednou ranou
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: twee vliegen in een klap slaan
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tapma kaks kärbest ühe hoobiga
 * Finnish: tappaa kaksi kärpästä yhdellä iskulla
 * French:
 * Georgian: ერთი გასროლით ორი კურდღლის მოკვლა
 * German:
 * Greek: με ένα σμπάρο δυο τρυγόνια, μ' ένα σμπάρο δυο τρυγόνια
 * Hebrew: לתפוס שתי ציפורים במכה אחת
 * Hindi: एक पंथ दो काज
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: slá tvær flugur í einu höggi
 * Indonesian: sekali mendayung, dua-tiga pulau terlampaui
 * Irish: dhá éan a mharú leis an urchar amháin
 * Italian: prendere due piccioni con una fava
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: бір оқпен екі қоян ату
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بە بەردێک دوو چۆلەکە بکوژە
 * Latin: Duo parietes de eadem fidelia dealbare (,  7.29.2.)
 * Latvian: nošaut divus zaķus ar vienu šāvienu
 * Lithuanian: vienu šūviu nušauti du zuikius
 * Luxembourgish: zwou Mécken op ee Schlag kréien
 * Malay: sambil menyelam minum air
 * Mongolian: нэг сумаар хоёр туулай буудах
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: slå to fluger i ein smekk
 * Persian: با یک تیر دو نشان زدن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: matar dois coelhos com uma cajadada só
 * Romanian: omorî două muște dintr-o lovitură, împușca doi iepuri dintr-un foc
 * Russian: уби́ть одни́м вы́стрелом двух за́йцев
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убити једним ударцем двије мухе
 * Roman: ùbiti jèdnīm ùdārcem dvȉje mùhe
 * Sinhalese: එක ගලෙන් කුරුල්ලෝ දෙන්නයි
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఒకేదెబ్బకు రెండు పిట్టలు
 * Thai: ยิงปืนนัดเดียวได้นกสองตัว
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: вби́ти двох зайці́в одни́м по́стрілом
 * Vietnamese: một công đôi việc, một công đôi chuyện,, , một mũi tên trúng hai đích
 * Welsh: lladd dau aderyn â'r un garreg, lladd dau aderyn ag un ergyd, lladd dwy frân ag un ergyd
 * Yiddish: שיסן צוויי האָזן מיט איין שאָס, כאַפּן צען סאָראָקעס בײַ איין וויידל