two's company, three's a crowd

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two's company, three's a crowd

proverb three's a crowd

  1. One companion is preferable to two.

    Similar: two's company and three is none, two's company, three's trumpery

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Españoldos son compañía, tres son multitud
Русскийтре́тий ли́шний trétij líšnij

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@misc{two_s_company_three_s_a_crowd_2026,
  title = {two's company, three's a crowd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/two's%20company%2C%20three's%20a%20crowd},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}