Meanings
nounhill of beans (plural hills of beans)
plural hills of beans
- figurativelyinformalSomething of no importance.
not worth a hill of beans
1 more example
Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)Synonyms: row of pins, jack, jack shit, jack squat, squat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething of no importance.
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