Two is company, three's a crowd



Two is company, (but) three's a crowd.

 and Two's company(, three's a crowd).
Prov. A way of asking a third person to leave because you want to be alone with someone. (Often implies that you want to be alone with the person because you are romantically interested in him or her.) When Lucy followed Mark and Nora into the drawing room, Nora turned to her and said, "Two's company, but three's a crowd." Bill: Can I go to lunch with you and Tom? Jane: Two's company, three's a crowd, Bill.
See also: crowd, two

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MÁRcia-Portuguese
Nestani-Georgian
HyunhyunKorean
ConstantineKAHN-stən-teen (English)History
Stevan-Serbian, Croatian
Myrrine-Ancient Greek