two birds/one stone

Tryptophan is an excellent antidote to insomnia, increasing sleepiness and decreasing waking time. (When the insomnia is accompanied by depression, it’s a “two birds/one stone” deal.)

2002, Michael Lesser with Colleen Kapklein, “The Stoic”, in The Brain Chemistry Diet: The Personalized Prescription for Balancing Mood, Relieving Stress, and Conquering Depression, Based on Your Personality Profile, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 86

Two birds/one stone – encouraging people to share you will, through economies of scale, save money. That saving can be shared with you.

2004, Robert Ashton, “10 ways to save your customers money and make more yourself”, in The Entrepreneur’s Book of Checklists: 1000 Tips to Help You Start and Grow Your Business, Harlow, Essex: Prentice Hall Business, →ISBN, page 86

I never understood paying for burial when you could just let pigs eat your body. I mean, we were surrounded by pig farms and those pigs need to eat, so two birds/one stone.

2015, Jenny Lawson, “My Phone Is More Fun to Hang Out with Than Me”, in Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, New York, N.Y.: Flatiron Books, →ISBN, page 17

Besides that, nursing and the military had been cherry-picked for me by Sheryl anyway; she probably had designs on making me a lifelong caretaker, and, two birds/one stone, wanted a carbon copy of her father, the violent patriarch in jump boots.

2016, Kari Rhyan, chapter 5, in Standby for Broadcast: A Memoir, [Village Books], published 2017, →ISBN, page 75