Icing on the cake Tail wagging the dog Sweetness after bitterness Piece of cake Well-connected Pie in the sky Picky eater Third party profit Shy with strangers Babe in the woods Lend an ear Ponder deeply Nominal Short-lived resolution Kill two birds with one stone In a race against time High sky fat horse Busy as a bee Through thick and thin Mismatch of words and actions
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일석이조
This is the direct equivalent of the English bird-and-stone idiom. It originates from Sino-Korean characters meaning one stone, two birds. It is used constantly in marketing.
Examples in context
운동도 하고 돈도 벌 수 있으니 일석이조네요
You can exercise and make money so it is killing two birds with one stone
공부하면서 음악을 들으면 지루하지 않아 일석이조다
Listening to music while studying keeps it from being boring so it is a double benefit
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