Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is be two/ten a penny and its meaning is “to be very common; ordinary, or widespread; be abundant; numerous, plentiful, innumerable, countless, numberless (and so not valuable/worthwhile)”.
Example Sentence: Akshata Murty (the daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy & the wife of Chancellor of the Exchequer (i.e. finance minister of the UK) Rishi Sunak) is not alone, non-doms are ten a penny in some circles… A timely new study reveals that more and more Britons have benefited from the tax loophole used by Rishi Sunak’s wife.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Akshata Murty is not alone, non-doms are ten a penny in some circles and click here to read it
Courtesy: The Guardian
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