Phrase guide

for what it's worth

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you; used to soften the presentation of unsolicited advice or information that may not be relevant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

The phrase may have originally been used to qualify a statement of advice, opinion, or suggestion by referring to such a statement and describing it separately from making it.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: mitä arvoa tällä onkaan — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • French: pour ce que cela vaut — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • French: pour ce que ça vaut — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • German: übrigens — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • German: nur nebenbei bemerkt — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • German: falls es Sie interessiert — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • German: ich möchte mich nicht aufdrängen, aber... — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • German: Sie haben mich nicht nach meinem Rat gefragt, aber... — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • German: es mag keine weitere Bewandtnis haben, aber... — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Hungarian: egyébként — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Hungarian: ha netán ez segít (valamelyest) — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Hungarian: nem tudom, segít-e bármit is — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Hungarian: (már) ha ez jelent/számít valamit — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Italian: valga quel che valga — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Italian: varrà quel che varrà — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Italian: valga quel che può valere — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Lithuanian: jei ką — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Polish: żeby nie było — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Portuguese: valha o que valha — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Portuguese: valha o que valer — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Russian: за что купил, за то и продаю (za što kupil, za to i prodaju) — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Russian: как бы там ни было (kak by tam ni bylo) — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Spanish: si te sirve de algo — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Spanish: por si sirve / vale de algo — considering what limited worth this advice may have
  • Spanish: por lo que sirva / valga — considering what limited worth this advice may have