English · Proverb Attested

it takes two to tango

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Both share responsibility.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Cả hai bên cùng chia sẻ trách nhiệm

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Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango, so to speak!

It takes two to tango, however, and I suspect we'll still be here tomorrow discussing it. '

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed on Wikipedia “List of proverbial phrases” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “it takes two to tango” mean?

Both share responsibility.

Is “it takes two to tango” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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