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Two Nuts Don’t Make A Bolt

A witty expression based on hardware: two nuts alone can’t fasten anything without a bolt. Used metaphorically to suggest that just having more of the same doesn’t complete the job — sometimes what’s needed is a complementary part, not another identical one.

Literal meaning: In mechanics, two nuts can’t do the job of a bolt; a bolt holds things together, while nuts secure it in place. Without the bolt, the nuts are useless.

Figurative meaning: Two people with the same flaws, mindsets, or roles often can’t make things work. Balance and contrast matter.
Word Play:

“Nuts” = metal fasteners
“Nuts” = slang for mentally unstable or wild
“My two bosses complain and point out all the issues on the job but don’t lift a wrench to fix it. Two nuts don’t make a bolt.”

“All talk, no torque. Two nuts don’t make a bolt.”
by IFunny iSpy June 20, 2025
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Bolted

When you’ve taken large amounts of MDMA or other stimulants and you feel high while your eyes are popping
Jason - “You alright bruv?”
Regan - “Yeah mate I’m just bolted as fuck at the moment.”
Jason - “Yeah I can tell you’ve taken a load of MD boy.”
Regan - “Wanna get bolted with me?”
by yournansasocialreject102 September 13, 2025
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Holt Bolt

When your countries leader disappears under strange, mysterious or controversial circumstances and never reappears.
“After such a long failed campaign to take Ukraine, Putin decided he had no other option than to enact the Holt Bolt”
by GhillieGuy97 June 21, 2023
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Bolt from the blue

YEah it me again, hi!
now you may be thinking huh? but you just mention this thing from that thing you just talked about

and to that I say fuck you,

a bolt from the blue is when lighting strikes but there is a single cloud in the sky,
it one of those stupid shit that somehow happen that doesn't make sense. like "ball lighting"
which is when somehow a lighting ball is legit just walking by, it sounds fucking crazy but it true,
yooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I just saw lighting but there ain't no cloud in the sky cuh
that a Bolt from the blue
by Zalo_r October 1, 2025
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Daybreak Bake, Bust & Bolt (DBBB)

Part of speech: noun (also verb: to DBBB)
Definition: Timing your morning (masturbation) solo finish with the day’s first toke—often with a cig in the other hand—then grabbing coffee and heading out.
He pulled a "Daybreak Bake, Bust & Bolt (DBBB)"—peak on the pull, latte on the way out.”
by Mr. Snugglepumpkin Johnson October 5, 2025
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Bolt

The art of finishing a drink at immense speed.
Mate, i bet i can bolt this beer quicker than you can cum
by Yoshua November 28, 2025
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Bolts

Derived from the common term nuts, where something isn’t as nuts but still deserves a mention, that’s bolts. Crafted from the infamous duo of nuts and bolts
Did you see what Ange did in class? Yeah that was bolts
by Peruvian pebble chucker June 14, 2024
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