two by four

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A length of sawn wood of cross section nominally 2 inches by 4 inches (actual dimensions 1½ × 3½ in modern use), most often employed as structural framing lumber (dimensional lumber).

   “Well, Moses stood on the Red Sea shore, And smote the water with a two by four”

2. isim A small, modest building.

   “He'll plan a two by four / But not for me.”

3. isim Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“kind of pornographic comic book”).

   “[…] the movie plot of Superman II, in which Superman and Lois Lane work up to a sexual liaison (which was seen before 1960 only in “two by fours” and similar pornographic comic strips.).”