a penny for your thoughts

Meaning

1. used to ask sb what they are thinking about

In the movies · 2

• Penny for your thoughts.The Great Muppet Caper1981
• Penny for your thoughts.Monsieur Verdoux1947
• A penny for your thoughts Let's call it a deal I don't have any secrets You know how i feel That's it. No, no. Hey, here.Waiting for Guffman1997

From the same entry

• every penny
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• not a penny
• the penny drops
• turn up like a bad penny
• two a penny
• pinch pennies
• a pretty penny
• spend a penny

More proverbs

• two wrongs don't make a right
• boys will be boys
• make hay while the sun shines
• no time like the present
• the exception that proves the rule
• the writing is on the wall
• money talks
• any port in a storm
• live to fight another day
• one good turn deserves another
• out of the mouths of babes
• you can't keep a good man down