two-by-four in English
noun
1
a piece of lumber with a rectangular cross section nominally two inches by four inches.
They picked out an odd assortment of two-by-fours and pieces of plywood and loaded it into my pickup truck.
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1. And that's a two-by-four.
2. This is a bathtub I made, made out of scrap two- by- four.
3. So, either you hit yourself with a two-by-four, or Elsie has a peg leg.
4. The thematic approach to Tough Baritones is about as subtle as a two-by-four upside the head, and listeners are better off for it