Ok, sometime in life you do 1 thing but that action can give 2 or more benefits.
For example, before owning a car you have to wake up early everyday and have a 10 minutes walking to the station to wait for the train. Now, you've bought a car and you said.
Buying this car is like "1 shot kills 2 birds" because I don't need to
wake up early and I don't need to spend 10 minutes walking to the
station and don't need to wait for the train.
so, Can we use the expression "1 shot kills 2 birds" to express the idea that you do 1 thing but it can have many benefits?
If it has 2 benefits then I'll say "1 shot kills 2 birds" but
If it has 3 or more benefits then do I have to say "1 shot kills 3 or many birds" or just "1 shot kills 2 birds"?
also, Is there any other similar expression?
Best Answer
The commonly-used idiom is to "kill two birds with one stone".