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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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Low Two

I had a threesome last weekend. Me and Adam had Taylor over our place for some adult activities. I laid down, she went on top and put my dick in her arse, then Adam climbed on and put his dick in her pussy. We were slapping 'low twos' until she screamed the house down.
by Dingo Venom August 22, 2025
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Moscow Two Step

When one guy sits on another guys lap on the toilet and they both drop a heavy, smelly load simultaneously.
“Dawg.. just polished of a full pint of Ben Jerry’s Chunky Monkey..”

“Bruh.. I feel Moscow Two Step is in the making..”

“Bet!!”
by Asian Obama October 1, 2022
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Goody two shoes

Someone who runs to their mother over shit they started ever since they were a little kid, since people don't change.
The goody two shoes looked like an angel in her mother's eyes only. She had a face only a mother could love (as her own father said of her when she was a young kid, in his words, and I quote).
by Solid Mantis December 2, 2020
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One Two may whether

When you make your v6 mustang into a twin turbo coyote mustang
I just threw a little one two may whether at er
by Man mustang January 8, 2021
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nibby two

a derivative of the word nibby which means a nosey person as the name sugest this person is 2 times as nosey
the nibby two is worse than the nibby women down the street
by kit the nibby December 11, 2023
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Two man steeple

The first time I was asked about this was
My partner and I demonstrated the Two man steeple for the lacrosse camp talent show.
by anonymous November 21, 2021
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