two's company



two's company (three's a crowd)

something that you say when you think two people would prefer to be alone together than be with a third person They asked me to go to the cinema with them but two's company if you know what I mean.
See be ten a penny, in two shakes, be two sides of the same coin, kill two birds with one stone, cut both ways
See also: company

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cormac-Irish
MertonMUR-tənEnglish
Allissaə-LIS-əEnglish (Rare)
AdrianAY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Lavelle['lævil]
LjubicaLYOO-bee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene