【執筆／台科大應用外語系助理教授黃玟君】 

這句諺語直譯是「要兩個人才能跳探戈」，意思是「有爭端時雙方都必須負責任」，通常用來暗示「吵架時雙方都有錯」。這句諺語也可寫成：It takes two to make a quarrel.（要兩個人才能吵架），的確，一個人不能引起爭端，因此也是「一個巴掌拍不響」的意思。 

當我們跟人吵架時，很容易便會將責任推給別人，彷彿天錯地錯你錯他錯，就是自己沒錯。這陣子台灣接連出現一些豪門與女星間的婚姻糾葛，其情節之複雜與勁爆，絕不亞於任何一個八點檔連續劇，雖然公說公有理，婆說婆有理，不過別忘了，it takes two to tango，架要兩個人才吵得起來，因此在指責對方之前，或許應先想想自己是否也該負些責任。

實用對話Conversation 
A: It's so maddening ! My neighbor's dog bit my beloved Kiki. I'm going to sue him! 
maddening (adj.) 令人惱怒的
B: How did that happen? Isn't your neighbor's Labrador well-behaved ? 
A: How would I know? We came across his dog while I was walking Kiki yesterday. All Kiki did was glare at it... 
B: And then it came charging ? 
charge (v.) 向…衝去；襲擊
A: Well, Kiki did bark at him for quite a bit... 
B: No wonder . It takes two to tango . You should just control your Kiki!

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