单词 | two heads are better than one |
释义 | > as lemmastwo (also many) heads are better than one c. two (also many) heads are better than one and variants.Cf. Ecclesiastes 4:9, ‘Two are better then one; because they haue a good reward for their labour’ (King James Bible). ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1021 Tuo han more wit then on.] 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Ciiv Two hedds are better than one. 1586 J. Norden Mirror for Multitude 53 This argument of many heads better then one, holdeth not in causes of heauenlye reuelations. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 82 Two is better than one head. 1638 J. Taylor Bull, Beare, & Horse sig. B7v The Butchers are crafty fellowes, and if you take not heed, they will cosin you, therefore I advise you to take the Dog with you, for two heads are better then one. a1701 C. Sedley Speeches House of Commons 16 in Misc. Wks. (1702) Tho' it may be a Dispute, whether Many Heads are better than One, 'tis certainly true, that Many Votes are better than One. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) i. 5 Here comes brother Thomas; two heads are better than one; let us take his opinion. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. viii. 167 O certainly; but two heads are better than one, you know. 1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Nov. 485 ‘Two heads are better than one,’ oraculizes the vulgar saw. 1876 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 24 June 613/2 The intellectual reinforcement expressed in the proverb, ‘many heads are better than one’. 1906 Mrs. H. De la Pasture Man from Amer. xvii. 239 I was about to propose—two heads being better than one—that you should take me into partnership over this matter. 1951 E. Fitzgerald tr. A. Weissberg Accused ii. 47 Let's discuss whatever it is together. Two heads are better than one. 2000 Yahoo! Internet Life Mar. 168/1 When it comes to search services, two heads are better than one. two heads are better than one Frequent in proverbial expressions, as to make two bites of a cherry (bite n. 7, cherry n. 1b); to have two strings to one's bow (bow n.1 4c); of two evils (or ills) choose the less (evil n.1 4, ill n. 5b); between two fires (fire n. 10); two heads are better than one (head n.1 Phrases 5c); as like as two peas (pea n.2 1b); two cents' worth (U.S.): = two pennyworth n. (fig.); cf. two-cent adj. at Compounds 2 below; no two ways about it: see way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 5d etc.extracted from twoadj.n.adv.< as lemmas |
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