What is the meaning of kill two birds with one stone?

Answer 1

This is a Chinese saying: yi shi er niao (一石二鳥)which literally translates to "one stone two birds". There is also another Chinese saying that goes yi jian shuang diao (一箭雙雕)which translates to "one arrow double vultures", the usage of which is the same.

Alternative Source:

In the Greek Mythology tale of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus is held captive by King Minos on Crete in a high tower. All he is able to see are high walls around him and large birds overhead awaiting his and his son, Icarus' demise. Daedalus devises a plan to throw stones at the birds in the hope of fashioning artificial wings to enable the pair to fly home. He finds, with his stone through a clever throwing motion, that he is able to strike one bird with the ricochet hitting a second bird, thus killing two birds with one stone. The rest is history.

Answer 2

It means performing two tasks at the same time - preferably via one action.

Example: if you are out of milk, and you stop to put gas in the car, then get a bottle of milk at the gas station, you are killing two birds with one stone.

To achieve two objectives by carrying out one action eg taxing petrol (or gas) not only provides money for the government but also reduces the use of cars which is good for the atmosphere.



thats a good example..

another one could be: Killing 3 birds with a stone: by one action


example: Invest in being better: be successful:

and


[1] by investing in your self you would be helping your own career and personal development


[2] by would be helping the short term money supply would increase - > upward push in economy.. because money circulation wil increase..


[3] positive network externalities - due to spill over effects


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and if you want to kill 4 birds with a stone.. add the 4th point :


[4] :) means happiness ..

Like answering two questions with one answer.
Killing two birds with one stone is an English language idiom meaning "realising two goals through one action", be it by accident or by foresight and planning.
Answering two questions with one answer

Or solving two problems with one solution

(basically doing two things at once)
To kill 2 birds with 1 stone basically means to take care of 2 things at 1 time.
It means to do two things at one time
Answering two questions with one answer

Or solving two problems with one solution

(basically doing two things at once)

Answer 3

it's so old that noone knows but I'm guessing that the first to say it was a rebel in the late 1500, reason cause the qoute itself means "2 people die on the same day and place" and around that time there was alot of killing and people have always said that qoute in the movie all the time even in the black and white films. so honestly i don't know but it's so old that no one that is alive now could have invented it....and in all honesty this is has nothing to do with Chuck Norris

Answer 4

chuck Norris did he even killed two stones with one bird