What is the origin of the phrase 一石二鳥?


This particular 四字熟語 is exactly the same as the proverb in English, "kill two
birds with one stone." I find it to be a strange coincidence that both would
have this phrase independently of each other, unless killing birds by throwing
stones was just a really big thing back then. Did the Japanese copy the
English? Did the English copy the Japanese? Did they both copy some Chinese
proverb or something, or did it come from somewhere else entirely?
Etymologically speaking where did 一石二鳥 come from?




And I'll go ahead and give an answer to this as well:

<http://kotowaza-allguide.com/i/issekinityou.html>

According to this, it was translated directly from English into a 四字熟語. This
is interesting to me considering that 一挙両得 already exists and means basically
the same thing.

<http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1332146923>

According to this site, it was introduced as a phrase in Meiji Japan and then
later made into 4 characters. I don't know the origin of the phrase in
English, but that's out of the purview of this site!

Just makes me wonder what other proverbs were taken from English and made into
四字熟語.




And I'll go ahead and give an answer to this as well:

<http://kotowaza-allguide.com/i/issekinityou.html>

According to this, it was translated directly from English into a 四字熟語. This
is interesting to me considering that 一挙両得 already exists and means basically
the same thing.

<http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1332146923>

According to this site, it was introduced as a phrase in Meiji Japan and then
later made into 4 characters. I don't know the origin of the phrase in
English, but that's out of the purview of this site!

Just makes me wonder what other proverbs were taken from English and made into
四字熟語.

