ten a penny

ten a penny
(UK) So common as to be practically worthless.

People with your skills are ten a penny these days.

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  • ten a penny — british informal phrase very common and therefore not worth a lot False friends are ten a penny. Thesaurus: ordinary and normalsynonym Main entry: penny * * * ten a penny see ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • ten a penny — (UK) If something is ten a penny, it is very common. ( Two a penny is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • ten a penny — (UK)    If something is ten a penny, it is very common. ( Two a penny is also used.)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • ten a penny — ► two (or ten) a penny plentiful and thus of little value. Main Entry: ↑penny …   English terms dictionary

  • ten a penny — British informal very common and therefore not worth a lot False friends are ten a penny …   English dictionary

  • be ten a penny — be ten/two a penny British & Australian to be very common. TV cookery shows seem to be ten a penny these days …   New idioms dictionary

  • be two (or ten) a penny — chiefly Brit. be plentiful and thus of little value. → penny …   English new terms dictionary

  • Penny McLean — Chartplatzierungen Erklärung der Daten Singles Lady Bump DE: 1 11.08.1975 34 Wo …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • penny — ► NOUN (pl. pennies (for separate coins); pence (for a sum of money)) 1) a British bronze coin worth one hundredth of a pound. 2) a former British coin worth one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound. 3) N. Amer. informal a one cent coin. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • ten — [ten] number, n [: Old English; Origin: tien] 1.) the number 10 ▪ Snow had been falling steadily for ten days. ▪ I need to be home by ten (=ten o clock) . ▪ At the time, she was about ten (=ten years old) . 2.) ten to one informal used to say… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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