feed two birds with one scone

present singular third person feeds two birds with one scone · participle present feeding two birds with one scone · participle past fed two birds with one scone · past fed two birds with one scone

1. euphemisticSynonym of kill two birds with one stone.

   Ghosts and campfires go hand in hand, so why not feed two birds with one scone?

   2020, CBC Music, CBC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023

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   So, what can we do to feed two (or more) birds with one scone and create ... a happy income and a happy outcome?

   2004, Swami Beyondananda, Swami for Precedent, page 91

   To remove any dreaded exercise stigma, finding forms of exercise that are fun is a way to feed two birds with one scone.

   2016, Mark Reinfeld, Healing the Vegan Way, page xviii

   Doorknobs send palpable shivers of fear through her body, and she has a habit of circling the lounge and nudging household objects with her long sleeves into neat lines, burning extra calories and fixing everything at right angles to each other in one go: two birds, one scone!

   2021, Evanna Lynch, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up; A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN

   "Estates are often owned by influential people. I thought it was a great way to feed two birds with one scone[," said Jackson.] "Don't you mean "kill two birds with one stone?..." "My phrasing is less violent...."

   2022, Helena Hunting, Starry-Eyed Love

   Synonyms: kill two birds with one stone