Meanings
- colloquialhumorousidiomaticnot comparableSynonym of at all.
Then he'd go and do some piss-ass thing that didn't count for beans and blow his horn.
1998, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, page 2791 more example
Senator: Lie to me. Foreman: Okay. It'll, uh, feel like a gentle massage. Senator: House is a lousy teacher. You can't lie for beans.
2005 April 12, “Role Model” (26:50 from the start), in House, M.D., season 1, episode 17, spoken by Senator Gary Wright (Joe Morton)Synonyms: at all
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of at all.
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