Two-bit means cheap, small and not worth taking seriously. It goes in front of a noun — a two-bit lawyer, a two-bit hotel, a two-bit criminal — and it is always an insult. It says the person is not just bad at their job but small-time: a two-bit gangster steals from shops, not from banks.

Two-bit means意思是 cheap廉價、small格局小，and not worth taking seriously不值得認真看待。It goes in front of a noun它放在名詞前面——a two-bit lawyer不入流的律師、a two-bit hotel廉價旅館、a two-bit criminal小咖罪犯——and it is always an insult而且永遠是罵人的。It says它說的是，the person這個人 is not just bad at their job不只是工作做得爛，but small-time而且是小咖：a two-bit gangster一個小咖流氓，steals from shops偷的是商店，not from banks不是銀行。

The picture behind it is money. In old America a 'bit' was one eighth of a dollar, so two bits was twenty-five cents — a quarter, almost nothing. So the word literally means 'worth about a quarter'.

The picture behind it它背後的畫面 is money是錢。In old America在老美國，a 'bit' was一個 'bit' 是 one eighth of a dollar八分之一美元，so two bits was所以 two bits 就是 twenty-five cents二十五美分——a quarter一枚兩毛五硬幣，almost nothing幾乎不值錢。So所以，the word literally means這個字字面上就是 'worth about a quarter'「大概值兩毛五」。

It is American, informal, and has an old-film feeling to it; it is common in crime stories and in angry speech. It sits before the noun and does not really work after the verb — we say 'a two-bit politician', not 'that politician is two-bit'.

It is American它是美式、informal非正式，and has an old-film feeling to it帶著老電影的味道；in crime stories and in angry speech在犯罪故事和生氣的話裡，it is common它很常見。It sits before the noun它坐在名詞前面，and does not really work after the verb放到動詞後面就不太成立——we say我們說 'a two-bit politician'，not 'that politician is two-bit'而不說 'that politician is two-bit'。