two's company
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Suddenly, the show’s central relationship went from two’s company to three’s a crowd, with the extra appendage a shiny deadweight with a boyband centre parting.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2017
In Liv’s words, two’s company, three’s a horde.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2015
Now, folks," he said, "I reckon two's company an' three's a crowd.
From The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey
"Let the parson and his sweetheart be," they called out; "two's company, miss, and three isn't."
From I Say No by Wilkie Collins
"But two's company, and four's too much of a corporation for me."
From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Eustace Hale Ball
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