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Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Some tasks may be accomplished more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.
   • Collaboration is great for screenwriting. It's not as simple as two heads are better than one, but if you find the right person, you can feed off each other. 2003 November 9, Nancy Meyers as told to Amy Barrett, “Sex and the Single Older Woman”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Feb 2013:
   • Two heads are better than one, sir. We will prosecute our investigations together. 1906, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 17, in The Mayor of Troy:
   • On the principle that two heads are better than one, he resolved to take his companion, Jones, into his confidence and ask him to make a suggestion. 1882, Horatio Alger, chapter 23, in Ben's Nugget:
   • "Mr. Francis Osbaldistone is an innocent man, Rashleigh," said Miss Vernon, "and he demands an investigation of the charge against him, and I intend to support him in it." "You do, my pretty cousin?—I should think, now, Mr. Francis Osbaldistone was likely to be as effectually, and rather more delicately, supported by my presence than by yours." "Oh, certainly; but two heads are better than one, you know." 1818, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 8, in Rob Roy:

Translations (25)

bg две глави мислят по-добре от една (joint thinking pays) · fr deux avis valent mieux qu'un (joint thinking pays) · sv fyra ögon ser mer än två (joint thinking pays) · pt duas cabeças pensam melhor [do] que uma (joint thinking pays) · cmn 胜过诸葛亮 (joint thinking pays) · tr bir elin nesi var iki elin sesi var (joint thinking pays) · cmn 三個臭皮匠，勝過諸葛亮 /三个臭皮匠 (joint thinking pays) · fr il y a plus dans deux têtes que dans une (joint thinking pays) · lt dvi galvos geriau, nei viena (joint thinking pays) · fi yhteistyö on voimaa (joint thinking pays) · de vier Augen sehen mehr als zwei (joint thinking pays) · pl co dwie głowy, to nie jedna (joint thinking pays) · hu több szem többet lát (joint thinking pays) · cs víc hlav víc ví (joint thinking pays) · vi tam ngu thành hiền (joint thinking pays) · es cuatro ojos ven más que dos (joint thinking pays) · es dos cabezas piensan mejor que una (joint thinking pays) · mhr ик уш сай, кок уш сайрак (joint thinking pays) · vi một cây làm chẳng nên non, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao (joint thinking pays) · it due teste sono meglio di una (joint thinking pays) · nl twee hoofden zijn beter dan een (joint thinking pays) · fr deux têtes valent mieux qu'une (joint thinking pays) · th สองหัวดีกว่าหัวเดียว (joint thinking pays) · sh dvije glave su pametnije (joint thinking pays) · is betur sjá augu en auga (joint thinking pays)