How did the British slang phrase put 2 and 2 together originate?
‘Put 2 and 2 together’ Means add up what evidence you have, and come to the conclusion. Sometimes the phrase is used such as ‘You’re putting 2 and 2 together and getting 22’ meaning, you’re using some imagination and adding evidence that doesn’t exist. Answer originally posted in response to What does the British slang phrase ‘put 2 and 2 together’…
1) “To combine mentally; to add or reckon together, to sum; often in pa. pple., taken or considered together, in a body, collectively. to put this and that together: to consider two facts or circumstances together and draw a conclusion from them. So to put two and two together” Source: http://en.allexperts.com/…/…logy-together.htm 2) “put two and two together and get/make five to guess something wrong about a situation, usually something more exciting than the truth. She thought I was pregnant. I was sick a couple of times and she just put two and two together and made five.” Source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/…/…d+get%2Fmake+five Answer originally posted in response to The phrase “p
