Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one
runs off with it.
Two dogs to one bone, may never accord in
one.
Two experts never agree.
Two eyes can see more than one.
Two eyes see better than only one.
Two eyes, two ears, only one mouth.
Two faggots will burn better than one.
Two false men to one traitor.
Two farmers each claimed to own a certain
cow. While one pulled on its head and
the other pulled on its tail, the cow was
milked by the lawyer.
Two feasts, Mr. Hyena missed out. (Doing
two things at one time may result in the
loss of both.)
Two flavors confuse the palate.
Two fools in ane house, is over many.
Two footsteps do not make a path.
Two good talkers are not worth one good
listener.
Two great talkers never go far together.
Two great talkers will not travel far
together.
Two guests have no welcome.
Two guests love a different song.
Two hands upon the breast, and labour is
past.
Two happy days are seldom brothers.
Two hard flints never grind well.
Two heads are better than one
Two heads cut off and thrown high into the
tree have only the winds with which to
scheme.
Two hippopotamuses cannot share the same
hole.
Two hungry meals make the third a glutton.
Two in distress makes sorrow less.
Two in harmony are in God's company.
Two is an army against one.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Two is company, three is none.
Two is good, one alone cannot wash his
back.
Two kings are reigning earth; Smoking and
Drinking.
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Two leaders do not fight in one house.
Two leaps per chasm is fatal.
Two lightning flashes cannot come from one
cloud.
Two lovers in the rain have no need of an
umbrella.
Two make an army against one.
Two may become enemies, when their ideas
are the same.
Two may keep counsel if one be away.
Two may lie so as to hang a third.
Two men in a burning house must not stop
to argue.
Two men may meet, but never two
mountains.
Two men quarreling do not share the same
seat on a canoe.
Two of a kind, whate'er they be.
Two of a trade can never agree.
Two of a trade seldom agree.
Two pipers cannot get on in one tavern.
Two poor cows does make up good dung.
Two raindrops do not make a pool.
Two rams cannot drink from the same
bucket at the same time; they will lock
horns.
Two rats cannot share the same hole.
Two rich persons do not wish each other a
bird of ill omen.
Two scorpions living in the same hole will
get along better than two sisters in the
same house.
Two sharp swords cannot be is one sheath.
Two shorten the road.
Two Sir Positives can scarce meet without a
skirmish.
Two skinny people don't fry.
Two small antelopes can beat a big one.
Two smells of cooking meat break the
hyena's legs.
Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill
agreement.
Two sparrows on one ear of corn never
agree.
Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are
not long friends.