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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Two

To catch two pigeons with one bean.French.

To have two strings to his bow.

To kill two birds with one stone.Portuguese, Dutch.

To kill two flies with one flap.

To make two friends with one gift.

To make two nails at one heat.Italian.

To stop two mouths with one morsel.

To stop two gaps with one bush.

To take two boars in one thicket.

Two are the masters of one.Danish.

Two “anons” and a “by-and-by,” are an hour and a half.

Two dogs strive for a bone and a third runs away with it.

Two dry sticks will kindle a green one.

Two good things are better than one.

Two securities avail more than one.La Fontaine.

Two things are bad: “too much,” and “too little.”

Two to one are odds at foot-ball.

Two watermelons cannot be held under one arm.Turkish.