penny for your thoughts, a



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.
See also: penny

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ElsaEL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
Doran-Irish
Julen-Basque
Corinne[kəu'rin]
Sunnifa-Medieval Scandinavian
Sarpedon-Greek Mythology