一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく)

いっきょりょうとく
noun, expression
two gains from one action; killing two birds with one stone
idiomevaluation
1. two gains from one action; killing two birds with one stone
A four-character idiom: a single action that brings two benefits at the same time.
それは一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく)だ。
That's two birds with one stone.
自転車通勤(じてんしゃつうきん)は運動(うんどう)にもなって一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく)だ。
Cycling to work is good exercise too, so it's two gains in one.
海外(かいがい)でアルバイトをすれば、お金(かね)を稼(かせ)ぎながら語学(ごがく)も学(まな)べて一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく)だ。
Working part-time abroad lets you earn money and learn a language at the same time, so you get two benefits at once.

一挙(いっきょ) (one action) + 両得(りょうとく) (gain on both counts). Usually used as a predicate: 〜は一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく)だ, or as a modifier: 一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく)の方法(ほうほう) (a method that achieves two things at once).

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Compare: 一石二鳥(いっせきにちょう) (two birds with one stone)
Compare: 虻(あぶ)蜂(はち)取(と)らず (chasing two things and getting neither)
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Added 2026.9.28 9:59 · Revised 2026.9.28 9:59
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