You cannot blame just me, because it takes two to tango.
it takes two to tango
idiom B1
Some things need the active cooperation of two parties; blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.
Origin
first recorded 20th c. disputed originFrom the 1952 song 'Takes Two to Tango' by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, sung by Pearl Bailey; President Reagan's use of it in 1982 cemented the idiom.
The manager refused to pick a side in the argument, reminding them that it takes two to tango.
While the two nations accused each other of escalating the conflict, international observers noted that it takes two to tango and urged both sides to negotiate.
- 01
beast with two backs
Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
- 02
eat for two
To be pregnant
- 03
fall between two stools
To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.
- 04
feed two birds with one scone
Synonym of kill two birds with one stone.
- 05
for two pins
Readily, with only the slightest encouragement.
- 06
greater of two evils
The most harmful or unpleasant of two undesirable alternatives.
- 07
hit two targets with one arrow
Synonym of kill two birds with one stone.
- 08
horizontal tango
Sexual intercourse.