ten a penny

phrase

British, informal

: very common

Thrillers are ten a penny these days.

Examples of ten a penny in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hollywood is ten a penny with hots, all packed like bangable sardines into the 30 square miles of Tinseltown—and Ben is no exception. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 26 July 2022

Brain activity-behaviour correlations are ten a penny, but the mere fact that the brain is activated by something, or activated differently in two groups of people, tells us nothing. — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2013

Rhymes for ten a penny

• polyene
• antennae
• halfpenny
• propene
• sixpenny
• threepenny
• twopenny
• any
• bennie
• benny
• henny
• jenny