penny for your thoughts
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Locution-phrase
[modifier le wikicode]penny for your thoughts
- (Idiotisme) À quoi penses-tu ?
- One day, as your ladyship was playing on the harpsichord to my master, Mr Jones was sitting in the next room, and methought he looked melancholy. La! says I, Mr Jones, what's the matter? a penny for your thoughts, says I. – Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, 1749, a Foundling, Book IV, chapter xiv.
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- (Royaume-Uni) : \ˈpɛn.i fɔː jɔː ˈθɔːts\, \ˈpɛn.i fəː jəː ˈθɔːts\
- (États-Unis) : \ˈpɛn.i fɔɹ jʊɹ ˈθɑts\, \ˈpɛn.i fɔɹ jʊɹ ˈθɔts\
- États-Unis : écouter « penny for your thoughts [ˈpɛn.i fɔɹ jʊɹ ˈθɑts] »
- (Australie) : écouter « penny for your thoughts [Prononciation ?] »