I believe you understand the question. It echoes the problem many have with the indicated idiom and some other ones. Based on how common some idiom-related mistakes are, we shall revisit the topic today. Meanwhile, I should quickly note: I hope our WASSCE candidates had a brilliant outing in the English Language exam held on Wednesday.
Some say ‘It takes two to tangle’. Others: ‘It takes two to tango.’ The second is the correct expression for the idiom, which means a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it and its outcome:
It’s unfair to blame Oshiomhole alone for the NNPC issue. It takes two to tangle. (Wrong)
It’s unfair to blame Oshiomhole alone for the NNPC issue. It takes two to tango. (Correct)
Wet your appetite?
No. The correct idiom is ‘whet your appetite’, meaning to increase someone’s interest and wish for
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