2007-04-26 09:11:37 · 14 answers · asked by moshalina 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
do you mean like a bad penny?? theres asaying that goes"he always turns up like a bad penny"
hope that helps :)
2007-04-26 09:17:42 · answer #1 · answered by marie s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The expression is 'Penny for the Guy'. It's an English custom to have a bonfire on November 5th each year to commemorate the capture of Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the Houses of parliament on the night of 4th November 1605 with the intention of killing King James I. He was captured, tortured and hung , drawn and quartered. Each year on the bonfire an effigy of Gut Fawkes is burned and children parade their 'Guy' through the streets asking for a penny to enable them to buy fireworks.
2007-04-26 10:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's an old expression - 'This guy is a penny short of sixpence'. Pre-decimilisation days. It means that he's not quite all there. Rather like 'a sandwich short of a picnic'. Something missing.
2007-04-26 09:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went off bonfire evening once I found out it replaced right into a occasion of the putting , drawing and quartering of Mr. Fawkes. I had continually celebrated the reality that he'd tried to explode Parliament. nevertheless a properly-made guy is well worth a donation, tat isn't.
2016-11-28 00:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by klohs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad used to know a bloke called "Tuppence" because everyone said that was all he was worth..
The only time I've ever heard "a penny" though is the rhyming slang for a tramp.
2007-04-26 09:39:05 · answer #5 · answered by Kes51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about it , a penny is hardly worth anything , so if this guy is a penny he's hardly worth the time to talk too
2007-04-26 09:34:13 · answer #6 · answered by how do you find background imfo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or it could be find a penny pick it up, and all day long you have good luck
2007-04-26 09:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by BeBu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is short for the rhyming slang penny whistle blower, which means, He's a goer
2007-04-26 09:27:28 · answer #8 · answered by cockeye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i expect it comes from penny pincher, ie is very careful with money
OR, in london cockney ryming slang it could mean penny stamp, tramp (bum)
2007-04-26 09:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by mafewoooooo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gay - bent as a penny or three-penny-bit
2007-04-28 08:35:45 · answer #10 · answered by drstella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋