I killed two birds with one stone...

"A little bird told me"

Said if you know who gave you the information being discussed but do not want to say who it was:

"How did you know he was leaving?" "Oh, let's just say a little bird told me."



"As the crow flies"

Used to say that a distance is measured in a straight line between two points or places

"Dead duck"

Someone or something that is very unlikely to be successful, especially because of a mistake or bad judgment.

Thanks to the lack of market research, the project was a dead duck right from the start.

"Kill two birds with one stone"

To succeed in achieving two things in a single action.

I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to the supermarket.

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A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

 Rowan D. Williams

The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart. 

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Wisdom of the Sands

A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.  Attributed to Heather Pryor

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. 

Samuel Johnson

Big fish in a small pond

Big fish

A person who has an important or powerful position in a group or organization.
The boss, the leader.

She's a big fish in city politics.
He's a big fish in advertising.

Big fish in a small pond

To have a lot of influence only over a small area.
A person who is important in a limited arena.
 someone overqualified for a position or in relation to colleagues.
 Another variant is the proverb -" Better a big fish in a little puddle than a little fish in a big puddle."