Matar dos pájaros de un tiro

Kill two birds with one stone

Idioms & Sayings

Notes & Usage:

Accomplishing two goals with a single action. Very commonly used in everyday Spanish, equivalent to the English idiom.

Voy al supermercado y paso por el banco. Así mato dos pájaros de un tiro.

I'm going to the supermarket and stopping by the bank. That way I kill two birds with one stone.

—¿Por qué te quedas a estudiar en la biblioteca? —Mato dos pájaros de un tiro: estudio y salgo de casa.

—Why are you staying to study at the library? —I kill two birds with one stone: I study and get out of the house.

Con esa reunión mató dos pájaros de un tiro.

With that meeting he killed two birds with one stone.

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