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two idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with two, also see fall between the crack (two stools); for two cents; game that two can play; goody-two-shoes; in two shakes; it takes two; kill two birds with one stone; know all the answers (a thing or two); lesser of two evils; like as two peas in a pod; no two ways about it; of two minds; put two and two together; that makes two of us; thing or two; wear two hats.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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