Question

It Takes Two to Tango two people are required to accomplish this deed

Accepted Answer

It takes two to tango. Who was your accomplice? In the United States in the 1920s, the Latin American dance called the tango became popular, and so did this expression. Just as it takes two dancers to do the tango, there are certain activities that need the cooperation of two people in order to work. For many books, one person writes the words and another draws the pictures. There are a lot of other activities in which it "takes two to tango."

Idiom	It Takes Two to Tango
Example	It takes two to tango. Who was your accomplice?
Meaning	two people are required to accomplish this deed
Origin	In the United States in the 1920s, the Latin American dance called the tango became popular, and so did this expression. Just as it takes two dancers to do the tango, there are certain activities that need the cooperation of two people in order to work. For many books, one person writes the words and another draws the pictures. There are a lot of other activities in which it "takes two to tango."

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