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Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd

 

Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd


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Meaning:

Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd Means that two people want to be alone together and the presence of a third person stops that from happening. 

“Umm, threes a crowd.”


Origin:

Twos company, threes a crowd is a short, common saying that give advice or share a universal truth or imparts  wisdom. Usually, when a couple invokes the proverb two’s company, three’s a crowd, they are romantically involved. Sometimes it is used to between friends, but that means that you do not enjoy the company of a third person, ouch!

The origin of the phrase two’s company, three’s a crowd is traced to a proverb quoted in John Ray’s 1678 collection of English Proverbs: 

“Two’s company but three’s a crowd.”

The phrase turned up in America in 1856 in the North American Review and it read:

“Two is company, three is a crowd,” is almost as true of travel, as it is of conversation.”


Example:

Today we still used the phrase twos company three’s a crowd in more of a romantic situation. When we are trying to tell someone, they do not belong. An example is:

“Lucy tried to follow Mark and Nora into the other room, Nora turned to her and said, "Two's company, but three's a crowd."


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