for two cents

for two cents
American & Australian, informal if you say that for two cents you would do something unpleasant to someone, you mean that you want very much to do it to them.

For two cents I'd hit him. He's so darned spoiled and stuck up.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • 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\ 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 — noun plural 1. : a sum or object of very small value : practically nothing said angrily that for two cents he d punch your nose realized it was my mistake and felt like two cents 2. or two cents worth : an opinion offered on a topic under… …   Useful english dictionary

  • two cents — {n.} {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. or[two cents… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • two cents — {n.} {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. or[two cents… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • two cents — noun Date: circa 1939 1. (or two cents worth) an opinion offered on a topic under discussion < send your two cents worth to your senator > 2. a sum or object of very small value ; practically nothing < said angrily that for two cents he d punch… …   New Collegiate 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

  • 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • two cents — 1. something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn t give two cents for their chances of success. 2. two cents worth, an opinion, usually unsolicited and unwelcome: Who asked you to add your two cents worth? [1840 50] * * * …   Universalium

  • two cents worth — (your) two cents (worth) put (your) two cents (worth) in to give your opinion in a conversation, often when it is not wanted. Stay out of this if we want your two cents we ll ask for it! …   New idioms dictionary

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