what does it mean?
"I wonder what she'd do if she knew we only have twenty-seven cents between us?"
What does it mean - to have twenty-seven cents between us????
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If you put each person's money together it would add up to twenty seven cents.
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I have more commonly heard it as " I wonder what she would do if she found out I didn't have two nickels to rub together?" In other words what would she do if she knew I was broke(had no money)? Why nickels or five cent coins, probably because they are not worth much at all. And not having two to rub together, you are really broke!
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Yes, thank you very much!!
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It means collectively as a whole they have .27 cents. Apart they would have less but when they put their money together they have that much between them. Think of it as like a group of people and all of them have a few pennies but "between them" they have say a dollar. Does that make sense?
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