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ORIGIN: We lost all our diving gear when the boat turned turtle just off the shore. When a turtle or tortoise is turned on its back it cannot easily right itself and remains stuck. two cents свои пять копеек (вставить); свое мнение (держать при себе) M E A N I N G : an opinion; what someone thinks Karen didn’t want to hear what he had to say, so she told him to keep his two cents to himself. ORIGIN: The phrase two cents came from the game of poker in the late 1800s. You had to put in at least а two cent (or two bit) bet in order to play. Today when you put your two cents in, you state your opinion or give some advice, even if it hasn’t been asked for. Your two cents get you into the conversation. However, people may tell you to keep your two cents out because they don’t want to hear what you think. two’s a company, three’s a crowd третий лишний M E A N I N G : it is all right to have two people by themselves, but a third person is not wanted; said for example by a boyfriend and girlfriend to a third person who wants to join them Would you join us for a ride? – No, thanks. You know two’s a company, three’s a crowd. ORIGIN: Before the end of the 19th century another cliché contained the same idea – two’s a company, three is none, old enough to figure in John Heywood’s collection of proverbs, 1546. 137