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[two cents]  {n.}  {informal}

1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing.

Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team.

When John saw that the girl he was scolding was lame, he felt like two cents.

2. or  […]

[two strikes against one]  {n. phr.}

From baseball. Two opportunities wasted in some undertaking, so that only one chance is left.

* /Poor John has two strikes against him when it comes to his love for Frances: first, he is too fat, and, second, he is  […]

[two to one]

See: [TEN TO ONE].

[two ways about it]

See: [NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT].

[two's company; three's a crowd]

An informal way to express a situation when two people desire privacy and a third one is present. — A proverb.

Beth and Carl wanted to be alone so when Maggie joined them they said, "Two's company; three's a crowd."  […]

[two-faced]  {adj.}

Insincere; disloyal; deceitful.

Don't confide too much in him as he has the reputation of being two-faced.

Compare: [SPEAK WITH A FORKED TONGUE].

[two-time]  {v.},  {slang}

To go out with a second boy or girlfriend and keep it a secret from the first.

Joan was two-timing Jim with Fred.

Mary cried when she found that Joe was two-timing her.

Compare: [DOUBLE-CROSS].