two heads are better than one
idiom
—used to say that it is easier for two people who help each other to solve a problem than it is for one person to solve a problem alone
We need to work together to figure this out. Two heads are better than one.
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If two heads are better than one, was A.I. simply another head, or two, or three, and at a fraction of what my head cost?
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Piers Gelly
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
The old adage is that two heads are better than one.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Though Bell and Brody have worked together before Greenstein and Daniel have been collaborating now for 20 years and say two heads are better than one in a casting room.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 13 June 2025
Your most important relationships are receiving a fresh burst of energy as the New Moon galvanizes your 7th House of Connection, so it's never been more accurate that two heads are better than one.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
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Piers Gelly
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
The old adage is that two heads are better than one.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Though Bell and Brody have worked together before Greenstein and Daniel have been collaborating now for 20 years and say two heads are better than one in a casting room.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 13 June 2025
Your most important relationships are receiving a fresh burst of energy as the New Moon galvanizes your 7th House of Connection, so it's never been more accurate that two heads are better than one.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
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“Two heads are better than one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two%20heads%20are%20better%20than%20one. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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