two's company

two's company
two's company (three's a crowd) something that you say when you think two people would prefer to be alone together than be with a third person.

They asked me to go to the cinema with them but two's company if you know what I mean.


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  • two's company; three's a crowd — An informal way to express a situation when two people desire privacy and a third one is present. A proverb. * /Beth and Carl wanted to be alone so when Maggie joined them they said, Two s company; three s a crowd. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • two's company; three's a crowd — An informal way to express a situation when two people desire privacy and a third one is present. A proverb. * /Beth and Carl wanted to be alone so when Maggie joined them they said, Two s company; three s a crowd. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

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