a penny for your thoughts
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penny for your thoughts
A phrase said when one is trying to find out what another person is thinking. You've been awfully quiet tonight, honey—a penny for your thoughts?
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a penny for your thoughts
People say a penny for your thoughts when they want to know what someone is thinking. `A penny for your thoughts,' Marina said with a smile.
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a penny for your thoughts
used to ask someone what they are thinking about. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
a ˌpenny for your ˈthoughts
(also a ˈpenny for them) (saying) used to ask somebody what they are thinking about: A penny for your thoughts, Hugh! You haven’t said anything all evening!Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
penny for your thoughts, a
What are you thinking about? This expression was actually first stated early in the sixteenth century and was included in John Heywood’s 1546 proverb collection. A penny no longer is worth much, but the expression, much repeated over the years, survives nevertheless.
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