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By: Boris Pein, Maja Štajduhar & Mladen Manda
Idioms with two By: Boris Pein, Maja Štajduhar & Mladen Manda
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To be like dog with two tails
‘She passed the exam. Her mother was like a dog with two tails.’ meaning: to be very happy
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To be two sides of the same coin
Violent behaviour and deep insecurity are two sides of the same coin. meaning: two things very close related although they seem different
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It takes two to tango 'She blames Tracy for stealing her husband.' 'Well, it takes two to tango.‘ meaning: something that you say which means if two people were involved in a bad situation, both must be responsible
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To put two and two together
I didn't tell her my husband had left, but she'd noticed his car was missing and put two and two together. meaning: to guess the truth about a situation from pieces of information which you know about it
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One step forward, two steps back
Every solution we come up with seems to create more problems than it solves, so it's one step forward, two steps back. meaning: every time you make progress, something bad happens which causes you to be in a worse situation than you were to begin with
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That makes two of us 'I found his talk really boring.' 'That makes two of us!' meaning: something that you say in order to tell someone that you are in the same unpleasant situation, or have the same negative feelings as them
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To kill two birds with one stone
I killed two birds with one stone and saw some old friends while I was in Leeds visiting my parents. meaning: to manage to do two things at the same time instead of just one, because it is convenient to do both
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two's company (three's a crowd)
They asked me to go to the cinema with them but two's company if you know what I mean. meaning: something that you say when you think two people would prefer to be alone together than be with a third person
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