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two cents

Meaning

(idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
That's just my two cents, you can believe what you like.

(US, 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.

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If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny. Steven Wright

When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? George Carlin

A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business. Loretta Lynn

I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents. Anne Roiphe

The pirating thing is bad. The people it hurts the most are the ones you least think it hurts. It's not the big Britney Spears albums that are being pirated; it's the indie bands that don't have two cents to their name. Rob Zombie

The real capital of a man is a mirror worth two cents. Turkish Proverb

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