a hill of beans

常見例句

Someday you are going to realize that micromanaging your child’s life drove them away and all that other stuff just didn’t amount to a hill of beans.
有一天你會意識到，對你的孩子事事都琯衹會讓他們離你更遠，而其他的事情同樣一文不值。
I'm glad my sister didn't marry that guy. He's good-looking, but he's lazy, drinks too much and can't hold a job more than six months. The truth is, the man's not worth a hill of beans.
這個人說："我很高興我妹妹沒有跟那個家夥結(jié)婚。他長的很漂亮，但是他很嬾，喝酒過度，到哪兒去工作都乾不到半年。事實上，這個人根本一錢不值。"
If you say something does not amount to a hill of beans, you mean it is of little importance.
如果你說一些東西does not amount to a hill of beans，意思是無足輕重。

But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.
You could say,for example, that a bad idea is not worth a hill of beans.

None of this will amount to a hill of beans except to swing sentiment and incite panic.
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