add one s two cents

добавить свои пять копеек

"Вставить свои пять копеек", выражение, соответствующее старинному, пришедшему из глубины веков выражению "Внести свою лепту". И лепта, и пятак- денежка не сказать, что бы мелкая, но совсем небольшая.

Выражение "вставить свои 5 копеек" означает небольшое, часто не очень существенное замечание, сказанное вскользь, около темы, мимоходом. Это, я бы сказала, такое незначительное замечание по-поводу...

Но выражение может употребляться и в негативном ключе. " Ну... этот всегда свои 5 копеек вставит". Так можно сказать о человеке, любящем везде совать свой нос, свое мнение, свои комментарии. Даже, когда его об этом не просят. Этакий " в каждой бочке- затычка".


Это сродни, выражению "внести свою лепту" Тоже самое добавить свою небольшую мзду в общую складчину. Вложение не большое, условно пять копеек, но все таки участие принято в общем деле.

Так называют не только материальное участие.

 
Это значит влезть в разговор с незначительным замечанием. Которое не проясняет суть дела, а только отвлекает внимание.


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add (one's) two cents
To share one's opinion or point of view for whatever it may be worth, generally when it is unasked for.
I find Jenny's husband a bit trying at times. He always insists on adding his two cents whether we want his opinion or not!
If I can just add my two cents, I think the staff would really appreciate a bump in their pay.
I'd just like to add my two cents before we finish up the meeting, if I may.
See also: add, cent, two
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See also:
add (one's) two cents' worth
give (one's) two cents
give (one's) two cents' worth
put in (one's) two cents
put in (one's) two cents' worth
put in one's two cents
two cents (worth), for/put in your
your two cents' worth
(one's) two cents' worth
in someone's bad graces

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A penny for your thoughts
What's the meaning of the phrase 'A penny for your thoughts'?
An invitation to a person lost in thought to share his or her preoccupation.


What's the origin of the phrase 'A penny for your thoughts'?
Along with Biblical expressions, proverbs form the bulk of the very earliest phrases that have existed in English since the language was first recorded on paper. ‘A penny for your thoughts’ is one of the few that is neither of the above but which is of the same vintage.

The first known use of it is by Sir Thomas More in A Treatyce upon the last thynges, circa 1535:

In such wise yt not wtoute som note & reproch of suche vagaraunte mind, other folk sodainly say to them: a peny for your thought.

(A rough paraphrase of the above is “when people notice that someone appears disengaged and wish them to rejoin the conversation they ask ‘a penny for your thoughts’.”)

The expression became so well used that it was often shortened to ‘a penny for them’ or even just ‘penny’, as in H. G. Wells’ novel Love & Mr. Lewisham, 1900:


‘Penny,’ she said after an interval. Lewisham started and looked up. ‘Eh?’.

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It is less common in the 21st century and more used by the older generation than the young.

See also: the List of Proverbs.

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Writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. Over the past 26 years more than 700 million of his pages have been downloaded by readers. He is one of the most popular and trusted sources of information on phrases and idioms.