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

Usage notes: A cent is the coin with the smallest value in American money and two cents is worth very little.

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

See also: cent, two

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for two cents

without needing much encouragement You're so spoiled and nasty that for two cents I'd throw you out in the street.

See also: cent, two