put\ in\ one's\ two\ cents\ worth
- put\ in\ one's\ two\ cents\ worth
• two cents
• feel like two cents
noun informal
1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing.
Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team.
When John saw that the girl he was scolding was lame, he felt like two cents.
2. • two cents worth • put in one's two cents worth
Something you want to say; opinion. - Used with a possessive.
The boys were talking about baseball, and Harry put in his two cents worth, even though he didn't know much about baseball.
If we want your two cents, we'll ask for it.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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put in one's two cents worth — See: TWO CENTS(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
put in one's two cents worth — See: TWO CENTS(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
two\ cents\ worth — • two cents • feel like two cents noun informal 1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing. Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team. When John saw that the girl he was scolding was lame, he felt like two… … Словарь американских идиом
two cents worth — something one wants to say, opinion He is always talking and I never have a chance to put in my two cents worth … Idioms and examples
two\ cents — • two cents • feel like two cents noun informal 1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing. Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team. When John saw that the girl he was scolding was lame, he felt like two… … Словарь американских идиом
two cents — ☆ two cents n. a person s opinion: often in the phrase put in one s two cents [he put in his two cents then left the meeting]: also two cents worth … English World dictionary
feel\ like\ two\ cents — • two cents • feel like two cents noun informal 1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing. Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team. When John saw that the girl he was scolding was lame, he felt like two… … Словарь американских идиом
My two cents (idiom) — A United States cent, also known as a penny. My two cents (2¢) and its longer version put my two cents in is an American idiomatic expression, taken from the original English idiom expression: to put in my two pennies worth or my tuppence worth.… … Wikipedia
two — [tu:] number [: Old English; Origin: twa] 1.) the number 2 ▪ I ll be away for almost two weeks. ▪ We have to be there by two (=two o clock) . ▪ His family moved to Australia when he was two (=two years old) . 2.) in twos in groups of two people… … Dictionary of contemporary English
two number — 1 2 2 put two and two together to guess the meaning of something you have heard or seen: I didn t call to say I d be late, but she put two and two together when she heard the weather reports. 3 that makes two of us spoken used to tell someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
