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
Miron (1)MEE-rawn (Polish)Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish
LieselLEE-zelGerman
Sopheap-Khmer
Deror-Hebrew
Encarnaen-KAHR-nahSpanish
TeddyTED-eeEnglish