Two copper coins on a small brass scale pan beside a tipped paper cup of loose change.

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Richard Fish

Is that the two cents? I’d be looking for change.

— Ally McBeal • 1997

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A cheeky comeback to someone offering their opinion, or 'two cents.' The speaker asks if that's all it is, then jokes they'd expect change back, implying the opinion is worth less than even two cents. It's a quick, dismissive pun on money.

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