hill of beans
Example Sentences
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The authors have the temerity to report that urban community gardens, those itty-bitty lots where neighbors grow snap peas and the like, don’t amount to a hill of beans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Next to all that, a rocky relationship styled into an on-and-off situationship for a reality TV subplot is the proverbial hill of beans Rick Blaine mentioned in “Casablanca.”
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Moral victories don’t amount to a hill of beans in the NFL, but players see the upcoming schedule starting with the Bears and know this is the time to stack wins.
From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023
On one level, it’s obvious the game doesn’t amount to a hill of beans given the issues our country is contending with.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020
The boat assignments really didn’t amount to a hill of beans for now.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
