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two cents pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.

   Synonyms: (US) two Abe Lincolns, (UK) two pennies' worth, (UK) tuppence worth, (UK) two penn'orth

   That's just my two cents, you can believe what you like.

2. (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.

   Synonym: (UK) farthing

   That car won't last a week, it's not worth two cents.

使用する際の注意点

• Two cents and two cents' worth have displaced native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there.

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Further reading

• my two cents on Wikipedia.Wikipedia