tuppence | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,Ireland,informal,dated)Twopence(in pre- or post-decimalisationcurrency).Milk has gone up totuppenceha’penny a pint.1909,W. W. Jacobs, “Prize Money,”, inSailor's Knots:In less than four days twenty-three men had paid theirtuppencesto Henery, who ’ad been made the seckitary.1967,Barbara Sleigh,Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published1993,→ISBN, page11:‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’ttuppenceto rub together.’; (UK,Ireland,idiomatic)Ellipsisoftuppence worth(“one’s opinion”).; (UK,Ireland,slang,euphemistic,usuallychildish)Thevulvaorvagina.2011,Kunt and the Gang,Fucksticks(song)"Fucksticks!" When some smart-arse bastard gives me my comeuppance / "Fucksticks!" When it’s ages since I’ve seen a lady’stuppence2012, Richard Johns,Diagnosis of the Soul: The Long Road to the Beginning:The lady confided to the nurse helping her up off the examination couch, and told her “He put his hand up me funnel and made metuppencebleed!”

Examples:

EN: - I don't care tuppence about it. But I have entirely lost my heart to you.
ES: El cricket no me interesa en absoluto, pero usted sí.
EN: I'm sure he wouldn't care a tuppence if Chloe committed suicide.
ES: Estoy segura que ni se inmutaría si Chloe se suicidara.
EN: You don't want to miss the chance of a fortune for the sake of tuppence.
ES: No querrás perderte una fortuna por ahorrar unos peniques.
EN: You don't seem to care tuppence whether I'm Priam Farrel or not.
ES: No parece importarte en absoluto si soy Priam Farrel o no.
EN: I don't care an English tuppence for myself and I know that the longer I keep you here the greater hope there is for my Ladybird.
ES: No me importa un comino lo que pase conmigo y sé que entre más tiempo la deje aquí más esperanzas habrá para mi niña.
EN: Only your tuppence, fiddler, for the crossing, and this ferry will be mine.
ES: Con solo tu moneda de dos centavos, violinista, por la travesía, y este transbordador será mío.
EN: Here's the last tuppence you need for your happiness.
ES: Aquí tienes la última moneda de dos centavos que necesitas para tu felicidad.
EN: Oh he's all right. He cracks himself up you know, pretends he don't care a tuppence... but all the time he's got an eye what you're thinking of him, if you know what I mean. Yes.
ES: Está bien, se ríe mucho, hace como si nada le importara, pero está siempre pendiente de lo que piensan de él, usted ya me entiende.
EN: That'll be tuppence, luv.
ES: Son dos peniques.
EN: Here's a tuppence, if that's any use to you.
ES: Toma dos peniques.
EN: Once and for all, understand that I go my way and do my work... without caring a tuppence what happens to either of us.
ES: De una vez por todas, comprende que sigo mi camino y hago mi trabajo... sin importarme un penique qué nos suceda.
EN: Four and tuppence.
ES: Cuatro con dos peniques.
EN: For tuppence, I'd burst into tears.
ES: Por cualquier tontería, me pongo a llorar.
EN: Two and tuppence.
ES: - Estos peniques.
EN: But that only leaves me with tuppence.
ES: - Pero me quedo con dos peniques.

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