penny for your thoughts, a

What are you thinking about? For example, You've been awfully quiet-a penny for your thoughts. This expression dates from the 1500s and was in John Heywood's 1546 collection of proverbs.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chica	SHEE-kə	Portuguese
Fredrik	FRED-rik (Swedish), FRED-reek (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Ainsworth	['einzwɜ:θ]
Dobrogost	daw-BRAW-gawst (Polish)	Polish (Rare), Medieval Slavic
Neofit	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Re	RAY	Egyptian Mythology