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It takes two to tango is widely used in business, politics and social contexts to mean that both parties have to co-operate and sometimes compromise i...
An informal proverb used to discourage retaliation or reciprocation, in that a wrongful action is not a practical or morally appropriate way to correc...
When used as an adjective, as in 'a two-bit actor', it is a derogatory idiom that means something of very little worth or value. This usage dates from...
see Double-edged sword
Deceitful, insincere, dishonest i.e. having two faces, one for the truth the other for deceit, dates from the early 1600s.
This was already a proverbial saying by the late 1500s and was originally indicative of lovers wishing to be on their own.
see twat
Generally accepted name since about c. 1700 for someone from Yorkshire, derives from Scottish and Northern dialect in the 14th/15th centuries for a do...