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two dogs fight for a bone, but a third runs away with itWhen two sides contend, it's always the third party that benefits.Rate it:

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Two FacedDeceitful and disloyal; wrongRate it:

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two faceddeceitfulRate it:

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two ha'pennies for a pennyAny money whatsoever.Rate it:

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two heads are better than oneSome problems may be solved more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.Rate it:

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two lamps burning and no ship at seaSaid of an unwisely or overly extravagant person.Rate it:

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two left feetExhibiting particular clumsiness, especially at dancing or at soccer.Rate it:

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two penn%e2%80%99orthTwo pennys' worth.Rate it:

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two penn%e2%80%99orthOne's opinion or thoughts.Rate it:

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two penn'orthOne's opinion or thoughts.Rate it:

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two penn'orthTwo pennies' worth.Rate it:

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two pennies to rub togetherA minimal amount of money to live on; any money at all.Rate it:

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two pennies' worthOne's opinion or thoughts.Rate it:

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Two Sinkers anda CoffeeResponse to Coffeeshop Waitress's question; "What'll YOU Have?" . . .Customer's 'Response - - - 'Two Donuts and a Cup Coffee!Rate it:

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two steps aheadHaving cleverly anticipated what others will do or think.Rate it:

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two steps aheadJust barely escaping.Rate it:

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two tears in a bucketused to express acceptance of misfortuneRate it:

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two thumbs upThe strong approval itself.Rate it:

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two thumbs upA hand gesture indicating strong approval.Rate it:

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two wrongs don't make a right(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to anotherRate it:

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two-bitcosting 25 centsRate it:

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two-bitinsignificant or worthlessRate it:

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two-bitInsignificant or worthless.Rate it:

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two-bitCosting 25 cents.Rate it:

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two-edged swordUsed other than as an idiom: see two, edged, sword.Rate it:

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two-fisted drinkerSomeone who can handle their liquor wellRate it:

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two-fisted drinkerA person clutching a drink in each hand.Rate it:

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two-fisted drinkerEither someone who can handle their liquor well, or an alcoholic clutching a drink in each hand.Rate it:

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two-way streetAny interaction in which both parties give and take equally.Rate it:

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two-way streetA social interaction in which both parties are expected to give and take equally.Rate it:

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two-way streetA street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions.Rate it:

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when two Sundays meetneverRate it:

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you only have two feet, so take one step at a time to get it doneBe patient with your self, don’t get overwhelmed. Sometimes it takes time to get things done.Rate it:

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a vicious circlea sequence of reciprocal cause and effect in which two or more elements intensify and aggravate each other, leading inexorably to a worsening of the situation.Rate it:

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between a rock and a hard placeHaving the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.Rate it:

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BFDbig deal. (initialism for big fucking deal)Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo waste something in two directions at once.Rate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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hjjIn a dilemma between two choicesRate it:

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ox is in the ditchThis is a big problem; there is unavoidable or demanding work ahead.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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run hot and coldTo alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.Rate it:

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secret de deux, secret de dieu, secret de trois, secret de tousNo secret but between two.Rate it:

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snake eyesTwo ones, after rolling two dice.Rate it:

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stare insiemeOf two persons without specification of time: to be a couple, to date regularly, etc.Rate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesIf you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999, Rate it:

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twin engineTwo engines on one vehicleRate it:

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