feed two birds with one scone
Synonym of kill two birds with one stone.
So, what can we do to feed two (or more) birds with one scone and create ... a happy income and a happy outcome?
scone
/skɒn/
noun 3name 2verb 1
Collocations
2SCONE + NOUN
cousin, macduff, pastry, yourself
PREP.
down, with
Definitions
noun
1
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!
2
Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.
3
The head.
…the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.
After Essendon coach James Hird tumbled off his bike and hit his scone on the unforgiving South Yarra terrain on Monday night, the chances are he was administered the Cogstate concussion test.
verb
1
To hit on the head.
name
1
A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
ROSS: Will you to Scone? MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
2
A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia
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On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
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Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!
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Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.
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ROSS: Will you to Scone? MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
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She's having tea with her scone.
Tatoeba · #431692806
A Scottish scone is a pastry between a small dinner roll and a cookie.
Tatoeba · #11174665Usage Notes
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In some senses, scone is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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