Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'A penny for your thoughts'. MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'A penny for your thoughts'.

A. What are you thinking about?

B. Pay for thinking

C. A cheap thought

D. A penny's value

Answer: Option A

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It is used to ask someone what they are thinking when silent.

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