two heads are better than one
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Outside ad- vice is often very useful. To the saying are sometimes added the words — or why do folks marry ?
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Let's all think on this together and we might be able to come up with some good ideas. They say two heads are better than one.Người ta có câu, một cây làm chẳng nên non, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao mà, có phải không? Nếu chúng ta cùng nhau suy nghĩ, biết đâu lại nghĩ ra được một ý tưởng hay.
Tatoeba sentence #244993 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “two heads are better than one” mean?
Outside ad- vice is often very useful. To the saying are sometimes added the words — or why do folks marry ?
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.