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Kill two birds with one stone

"Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen" means to kill two birds with one stone. This is a common idiom that is used in English and of course, German has this idiom too. In case you don't know what this idiom means, it means that you can accomplish two goals with a single action. Some people think this idiom originated from the story of Icarus who escaped from the labyrinth on Crete by making wings to escape and fly out of the labyrinth. But who knows where this idiom originally came from. Enjoy using the idiom for English and German.

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