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it takes two to make a quarrel

idiom

It takes two or more people to cause a quarrel; one cannot blame an argument entirely on the other side.


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  1. 01

    beast with two backs

    Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

  2. 02

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  3. 03

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  4. 04

    eat for two

    To be pregnant

  5. 05

    enough to make a cat laugh

    Very outlandish or outrageous.

  6. 06

    enough to make the angels weep

    Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

  7. 07

    fall between two stools

    To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.

  8. 08

    feed two birds with one scone

    Synonym of kill two birds with one stone.

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