Name: A Penny for Your Thoughts meaning | Very short English lesson
Uploaded: 2021-09-08T02:26:22.000Z
Duration: 1 min 11 s
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Hi there. Welcome to Harry's World of Words and Phrases and English in a Minute.

We're going to talk today the phrase A Penny for Your Thoughts.

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You see it written down often and you hear it often and people want to know exactly what does it mean and what is it origin.

In the old old days a penny in the English currency was quite valuable.

Today it has no value and it's really really small.

So in the old days when it had some value a penny for your thoughts meant something.

So if somebody was sitting there deep in concentration.

Thinking about something and you wanted to know what they were thinking about.

Or could you indeed could you help them with whatever problem you might say: "A penny for your thoughts" meaning share your thoughts with me and I'll see can I help you.

Or I'd like to know what are you thinking about.

A penny for your thoughts. Okay. So that's the expression and it's orogin.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts meaning | Very short English lesson

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