two cents
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Noun
- (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
- That's just my two cents, you can believe what you like.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, idiomatic, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
- That car won't last a week, it's not worth two cents.
Usage notes
Two cents and two cents' worth have eclipsed the native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there.
Synonyms
- (opinions or thoughts): two pennies' worth (UK)
- (opinions or thoughts): tuppence worth, tuppenceworth, tuppence-worth (UK)
- (opinions or thoughts): two penn’orth, twopenn’orth, two pennorth (UK)
- (nearly worthless amount): farthing
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Translations
one's opinion
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worthless amount
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