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- 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 ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- 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 ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- Both oars in the water
- Both sides of the desk
- Burn the candle at both ends ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- Caught in two minds
- Children, one is one, two is fun, three is a house full
- China plate ( Cockney rhyming slang for mate )
- City Linking, smart thinking ( City Link advertising slogan )
- Darby and Joan ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- 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 )
- Dual income no kids
- Eating for two
- Every Jack has his Jill
- Every stick has two ends
- Four by two
- Fresh pair of eyes
- Game of two halves
- Goody two shoes
- Great Pair, Says the Bear ( Golden Flake Potato Chips advertising slogan )
- Grow a pair
- Had a couple
- Happy sad ( a bitterweet feeling combining both happiness and sadness )
- Hasn't got two cents to rub together
- Have it both ways
- Have your bread buttered on both sides
- He doesn't have both oars in the water
- Hello, one two three testing
- I'm Gonna Love Her For The Both Of Us ( Meatloaf song )
- 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 )
- 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
- Jump in with both feet
- Kill two birds with one stone
- Like a dog with two dicks
- Like a dog with two tails
- Link farm
- Link rot
- Look both ways
- Make mine a double
- Marriage of convenience
- Marry beneath you
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure
- Marry over the broomstick
- Mate's rates ( discount price offered to friends )
- May to December romance
- Meat and two veg
- Midnight double feature
- Missing link
- My old china ( Cockney rhyming slang for mate )
- My precious ( The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers )
- Never the twain shall meet
- Nice pair of legs
- 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
- Partner up ( find a companion )
- Play both ends against the middle
- Pox on both your houses
- Put two and two together
- Safe pair of hands ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- Show a clean pair of heels
- Six and two threes
- Six, two and even
- Stand on your own two feet
- Stunt double
- Swing both ways
- 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 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 ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
- The best of both worlds
- 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
- Three's a crowd
- To marry for love
- Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars ( Buick advertising slogan )
- Triple decker
- Triple play ( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play )
- Triple threat
- Triple whammy
- 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 )
- With both barrels
- Work both sides of the street
- You are the weakest link, goodbye ( A catchphrase from The Weakest Link )