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
"Let the parson and his sweetheart be," they called out; "two's company, miss, and three isn't."
From I Say No by Collins, Wilkie
"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 Ball, Eustace Hale
No amount of instruction of rural pupils in sex hygiene will take the place of amusements and entertainments for groups of children, forming thus a special antidote for "two's company, three's a crowd."
From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.
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