Learn English – ny other idiom for “Hundred blows of goldsmith is comparable to one blow of iron-smith”

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The idiom Hundred blows of goldsmith is comparable to one blow of iron-smith comes from a hindi idiom "Sau sunar ki, ek lohar ki". Literal meaning is

One powerful blow is comparable to a hundred smaller blows.

The figurative meaning is

One tactic from a smart man is equal to the hundreds tactics of an idiot.

Or can be used in a fighting/boxing

One knockout is better than hundred punches.

I'm looking for another idiom or small phrase to use.

Best Answer

A nice Biblical analog is from Ecclesiasties 10:10.

If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.

Not quite along the same lines, but similar imagery to your idiom comes up in Proverbs 17:10.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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