it takes two to tango

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From the song Takes Two to Tango, written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: انها رقصَة التانغو تتطلب شخصين — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Arabic: ايد لوحدها ماتسقفش — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Chinese Mandarin: 一個巴掌拍不響 /一个巴掌拍不响 (yī ge bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng) — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Danish: der skal to til tango — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Finnish: tanssiin tarvitaan aina kaksi — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Finnish: kukaan ei riitele yksinään — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Finnish: kukaan ei tappele yksinään — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• French: il faut être deux pour danser le tango — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Hungarian: kettőn áll a vásár — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Japanese: 喧嘩両成敗 (kenka ryōseibai) — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Norwegian: det trengs 2 til tango — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Polish: do tanga trzeba dwojga — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Portuguese: não se faz nada sozinho — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Russian: для та́нго нужны́ дво́е (dlja tángo nužný dvóje) — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Spanish: dos no discuten si uno no quiere — some things need the active cooperation of two parties
• Swedish: det är inte ens fel om två träter — some things need the active cooperation of two parties