English · Proverb Candidate

two heads are better than one

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: two heads are better than one.'

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Collaboration often leads to better results than individual effort

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Hợp tác thường dẫn đến kết quả tốt hơn nỗ lực cá nhân

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: two people thinking together

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

The use of experts should become part of the organisational culture — with emphasis on the building of expert teams if possible,(ie. ‘ two heads are better than one’).

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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. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Sense 2

Meaning · English

English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.

Sources & notes

Listed on English Wikiquote “English proverbs” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Topics: Head

Common questions

What does “two heads are better than one” mean?

Collaboration often leads to better results than individual effort Literally: two people thinking together

Is “two heads are better than one” formal or informal?

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