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one foul swoop

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2011/05/11 08:11 UTC 版)

名詞

one fell swoop (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) One stroke; one action or event with many results.
   Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act iv, scene 3
     What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme
     At one fell ſwoope?
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 16
     ...they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garrotted.

参考

• kill two birds with one stone

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