for what it's worth

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.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) Considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you;

Usage notes
"For what it's worth" can be used to emphasize humility by prompting the reader/listener to provide their judgment of worth against the statement being made; i.e., it may be useful information, it may not be, or perhaps differs from that the recipient's opinion.

Synonyms

 * FWIW

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 聽不聽由自己決定
 * Finnish: mitä arvoa tällä onkaan
 * French: pour ce que cela vaut, pour ce que ça vaut
 * German:, nur nebenbei bemerkt, falls es Sie interessiert ; ich möchte mich nicht aufdrängen, aber..., Sie haben mich nicht nach meinem Rat gefragt, aber..., es mag keine weitere Bewandtnis haben, aber...
 * Hungarian:, ha netán ez segít (valamelyest), nem tudom, segít-e bármit is, (már) ha ez jelent/számít valamit
 * Italian: valga quel che valga, varrà quel che varrà, valga quel che può valere
 * Lithuanian: jei ką
 * Polish: żeby nie było
 * Portuguese: valha o que valha, valha o que valer
 * Russian:, как бы там ни было
 * Spanish: por si sirve de algo
 * Vietnamese: dù gì đi nữa