Phrase guide

two heads are better than one

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

Some tasks may be accomplished more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: две глави мислят по-добре от една (dve glavi misljat po-dobre ot edna) — joint thinking pays
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三個臭皮匠,勝過諸葛亮 /三个臭皮匠 — joint thinking pays
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胜过诸葛亮 (sān ge chòupíjiàng shèng guò Zhūgé Liàng) — joint thinking pays
  • Czech: víc hlav víc ví — joint thinking pays
  • Dutch: twee hoofden zijn beter dan een — joint thinking pays
  • Finnish: yhteistyö on voimaa — joint thinking pays
  • French: deux avis valent mieux qu'un — joint thinking pays
  • French: deux têtes valent mieux qu'une — joint thinking pays
  • French: il y a plus dans deux têtes que dans une — joint thinking pays
  • German: vier Augen sehen mehr als zwei — joint thinking pays
  • Hungarian: több szem többet lát — joint thinking pays
  • Icelandic: betur sjá augu en auga — joint thinking pays
  • Italian: due teste sono meglio di una — joint thinking pays
  • Lithuanian: dvi galvos geriau, nei viena — joint thinking pays
  • Eastern Mari: ик уш сай, кок уш сайрак (ik uš saj, kok uš sajrak) — joint thinking pays
  • Polish: co dwie głowy, to nie jedna — joint thinking pays
  • Portuguese: duas cabeças pensam melhor [do] que uma — joint thinking pays
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvije glave su pametnije — joint thinking pays
  • Spanish: cuatro ojos ven más que dos — joint thinking pays
  • Spanish: dos cabezas piensan mejor que una — joint thinking pays
  • Swedish: fyra ögon ser mer än två — joint thinking pays
  • Thai: สองหัวดีกว่าหัวเดียว — joint thinking pays
  • Turkish: bir elin nesi var iki elin sesi var — joint thinking pays
  • Vietnamese: tam ngu thành hiền — joint thinking pays
  • Vietnamese: một cây làm chẳng nên non, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao — joint thinking pays