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A Bicycle Built For
Two
( Victorian popular song )
A Double Diamond works wonders ( Double Diamond advertising slogan )
A Tale Of
Two
Cities ( Charles Dickens book )
A bird in the hand is worth
two
in the bush
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A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy
couple
A double date
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a
single
step
A
two
pipe problem
All I Want For Christmas Is My
Two
Front Teeth ( Spike Jones song )
America's Favorite
Couple
( Nickname of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson )
And it's goodnight from, me, and it's goodnight from him ( A catchphrase from The
Two
Ronnies )
As alike as
two
peas in a pod
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As cross as
two
sticks
As happy as a dog with
two
tails
As large as life and
twice
as handsome
As thick as
two
short planks
At the double
Back
number
Be fruitful and
multiply
Beer and sandwiches at
Number
10
Bent double
Between
two
stools
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Brighton line ( Bingo call for
number
fifty nine )
Caught in
two
minds
Children, one is one,
two
is fun, three is a house full
Clickety click ( Bingo call for
number
sixty six )
Complex
number
( a
number
containing real and imaginary parts )
Cushy
number
Damn fine coffee ( A catchphrase from
Twin
Peaks )
Do a
number
on
Doctor's Orders ( Bingo call for
number
nine )
Don't Think
Twice
It's Alright ( Bob Dylan song )
Don't give
two
hoots
Double Dutch
Double Indemnity ( Billy Wilder movie )
Double O Seven
Double act
Double back
Double blind test
Double check
Double click
Double coverage
Double cross
Double denim ( denim jeans worn with a denim shirt or jacket )
Double digits
Double dip
Double dip recession
Double dipping ( Taking a second dip into food using an item that one has already put into ones mouth )
Double down
Double duty
Double edged sword
Double entendre
Double entry book-keeping
Double exposure
Double header ( A baseball expression denoting
two
events held on the same day with the same participants )
Double or nothing
Double or quits
Double quick
Double standard
Double take
Double time
Double trouble
Double up
Double whammy
Double your pleasure, double your fun ( Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum advertising slogan )
Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble
Double-dip recession ( A financial recession with
two
low points )
Doubled up in pain
Doubled up with laughter
Droopy drawers ( Bingo call for
number
forty four )
Eating for
two
Employee
Number
8 ( Nickname of Antoine Walker )
Every stick has
two
ends
Evil
twin
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me
Four by
two
Fresh
pair
of eyes
Game of
two
halves
Go forth and
multiply
Goody
two
shoes
Got your
number
Great Pair, Says the Bear ( Golden Flake Potato Chips advertising slogan )
Grow a
pair
Had a
couple
Hasn't got
two
cents to rub together
Hello, one
two
three testing
I'm only here for the beer ( Double Diamond advertising slogan )
I've got your
number
If you can't ride
two
horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus
In
two
minds
In
two
shakes
In
two
shakes of a lamb's tail
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a
single
man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife ( the opening line of Pride and Prejudice )
It takes
two
hands to hold a Whopper ( Burger King advertising slogan )
It takes
two
to tango
It was the best of times: it was the worst of times ( the opening line of A Tale Of
Two
Cities )
Key of the door ( Bingo call for
number
twenty one )
Kill
two
birds with one stone
Large as life and
twice
as handsome
Legs eleven ( Bingo call for
number
eleven )
Lightning never strikes
twice
in the same place
Like a dog with
two
dicks
Like a dog with
two
tails
Little black
number
Look after
number
one
Look out for
number
one
Love Potion
Number
Nine ( Leiber and Stoller song )
Lucky
number
seven
Make a list; check it
twice
Make mine a double
Measure twice, cut once
Meat and
two
veg
Midnight double feature
My precious ( The Lord of the Rings:
Two
Towers )
Name, rank, and serial
number
Nice
pair
of legs
No man can serve
two
masters
Not
two
pennies to rub together
Number
10 Downing Street ( address of the British Prime Minister )
Number
Six ( Pseudonym of Peter Smith The Prisoner ( Patrick McGoohan ) )
Number
crunching
Number
one
Number
one concubine ( name given to the partner of Bertrand Russell )
Number
one son
Number
two
Number
unobtainable
On the double
Once bitten,
twice
shy
Once or
twice
One fall,
two
submissions or a knockout
One for sorrow,
two
for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth
One step forward,
two
steps back
One
two
buckle my shoe ( line from nursery rhyme )
One
two
many and you might turn Bertie ( Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts advertising slogan )
One
two
three o'clock four o'clock rock
Opportunity never knocks
twice
Pair
off
Public Enemy
Number
One ( Nickname of John Dillinger )
Put
two
and
two
together
Safe
pair
of hands
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Scotch and the
Single
Girl ( J&B Scotch advertising slogan )
Show a clean
pair
of heels
Single
Ladies ( Put a Ring on It ) ( Beyonce song )
Single
file
Single
out
Single
point of contact
Single
sign-on
Six and
two
threes
Six,
two
and even
Snakes alive ( Bingo call for
number
fifty five )
So easy to use, no wonder it's
number
one ( AOL advertising slogan )
Stand on your own
two
feet
Stunt double
Table for
two
Take down a peg or
two
Take
two
aspirin and call me in the morning
Tea for
two
Teach someone a thing or
two
The Daily Double ( Nickname of Dwight Howard )
The Dynamic
Duo
The Man With
Two
Brains ( Steve Martin movie )
The Odd
Couple
( Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau movie )
The Postman Always Rings
Twice
( Jack Nicholson movie )
The
Twin
Cities ( Nickname of Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota )
The animals went in
two
by
two
The beast with
two
backs
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The lesser of
two
evils
The longest journey starts with a
single
step
The magic
number
The square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares on the other
two
sides
There are
two
sides to every question
Think once, think twice, think bike ( UK Public Information Film advertising slogan )
Think
twice
Times without
number
Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own
two
or more motor cars ( Buick advertising slogan )
Top of the shop ( Bingo call for
number
ninety )
Two
Jags ( Nickname of John Prescott )
Two
Out Of Three Ain't Bad ( Meatloaf song )
Two
Ton Tessa
Two
all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Two
and eight ( Cockney rhyming slang for state )
Two
and
two
make five
Two
and
two
make four
Two
blacks don't make a white
Two
bricks short of a load
Two
buck chuck
Two
can play at that game
Two
cents worth
Two
faced
Two
fat ladies ( Bingo call for
number
eighty eight )
Two
fisted
Two
for joy ( Magpie nursery rhyme )
Two
for me, none for you! ( Twix advertising slogan )
Two
for one
Two
four six eight who do we appreciate ( cheerleader chant )
Two
heads are better than one
Two
irons in the fire
Two
left feet
Two
little dicky birds sitting on a wall, one named Peter, one named Paul ( line from nursery rhyme )
Two
little ducks ( Bingo call for
number
twenty
two
)
Two
of a kind
Two
on the aisle
Two
pot screamer
Two
sandwiches short of a picnic
Two
shakes of a lamb's tail
Two
steps forward and one step back
Two
strings to his bow
Two
timing
Two
turtle doves ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Two
wrongs don't make a right
Two's company three's a crowd
Unlucky for some ( Bingo call for
number
thirteen )
Us versus them ( denoting the emnity between
two
opposing groups )
Was she worth it ( Bingo call for
number
fifty six )
We're A
Couple
Of Swells ( Judy Garland song )
We're a
couple
of swells
We're
number
two. We try harder ( Avis Rent-a-Car advertising slogan )
When sorrows come, they come not
single
spies, but in battalions
Which
twin
has the Toni? ( Toni advertising slogan )
You Only Live
Twice
( James Bond movie Sean Connery )
You cannot step into the same river
twice
( philosophical comment by Heraclitus )