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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 partridge in a
pear
tree
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 thick as
two
short planks
At the
double
Bent
double
Between
two
stools
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Beyond
repair
Brace
yourself
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a
team
that has been behind ties up the game )
Caught in
two
minds
Children, one is one,
two
is fun, three is a house full
China plate ( Cockney rhyming slang for
mate
)
Chuck the
deuce
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 )
Dream
team
Dual
income no kids
Eating for
two
Eight maids a-milking ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
Eleven pipers piping ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
Every stick has
two
ends
Five golden rings ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
Four by
two
Four calling birds ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
Fresh pair of eyes
Game of
two
halves
Go
team
Good morning! Have you used Pear's Soap? ( Pears' Soap advertising slogan )
Goody
two
shoes
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 )
If you can't beat em,
join
em
If you can't ride
two
horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit
join
our Club ( Jacob's Club advertising slogan )
In
two
minds
In
two
shakes
In
two
shakes of a lamb's tail
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 )
It's all gone
pear
shaped
Join
forces
Join
hands
Join
in marriage
Join
the Pepsi People ( Pepsi advertising slogan )
Join
the club
Join
the colours
Join
the dots
Join
the professionals ( British Army advertising slogan )
Join
the tea-set ( Typhoo Tea advertising slogan )
Join
up
Kill
two
birds with one stone
Like a dog with
two
dicks
Like a dog with
two
tails
Little
Deuce
Coupe ( Beach Boys song )
Make mine a
double
Make the
team
Marry
beneath you
Marry
in haste, repent at leisure
Marry
over the broomstick
Mate's rates ( discount price offered to friends )
Meat and
two
veg
Midnight
double
feature
My old china ( Cockney rhyming slang for
mate
)
My precious ( The Lord of the Rings:
Two
Towers )
Nice pair of legs
Nine ladies dancing ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
No man can serve
two
masters
Not
two
pennies to rub together
Number
two
On the
double
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
Pair off
Put
two
and
two
together
Safe pair of hands
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Seven swans a-swimming ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
Show a clean pair of heels
Six and
two
threes
Six geese a-laying ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
Six,
two
and even
Stand on your own
two
feet
Stunt
double
Table for
two
Take down a peg or
two
Take one for the
team
Take
two
aspirin and call me in the morning
Tea for
two
Teach someone a thing or
two
Team
player
Team
spirit
Ten lords a-leaping ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
The All Blacks ( Nickname of the New Zealand Rugby Union
team
)
The Busby Babes ( Nickname of Manchester United 1950s
team
)
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 animals went in
two
by
two
The beast with
two
backs
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The lesser of
two
evils
The square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares on the other
two
sides
There are
two
sides to every question
There is no I in
team
Three French hens ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
To
marry
for love
Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own
two
or more motor cars ( Buick advertising slogan )
Together we make a great
team
( Midland Bank advertising slogan )
Twelve drummers drumming ( line from A Partridge In A
Pear
Tree )
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
Us versus them ( denoting the emnity between
two
opposing groups )
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 )