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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

it takes two to tangle en · X

Etymology

Reconstruction of it takes two to tango, with tangle.

Meanings

  1. Blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.
    • Fee-fi-fo-fum It takes two to tangle and one to have won 1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:

Translations (3)

fi riitaan tarvitaan aina kaksi (blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict) · pt quando um não quer, dois não brigam (blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict) · fi ei yhden syy kuin kaksi tappelee (blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict)