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

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

Two


To catch two pigeons with one bean. French.	1
To have two strings to his bow.	2
To kill two birds with one stone. Portuguese, Dutch.	3
To kill two flies with one flap.	4
To make two friends with one gift.	5
To make two nails at one heat. Italian.	6
To stop two mouths with one morsel.	7
To stop two gaps with one bush.	8
To take two boars in one thicket.	9
Two are the masters of one. Danish.	10
Two “anons” and a “by-and-by,” are an hour and a half.	11
Two dogs strive for a bone and a third runs away with it.	12
Two dry sticks will kindle a green one.	13
Two good things are better than one.	14
Two securities avail more than one. La Fontaine.	15
Two things are bad: “too much,” and “too little.”	16
Two to one are odds at foot-ball.	17
Two watermelons cannot be held under one arm. Turkish.	18