hill of beans

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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

“It won’t amount to a hill of beans for the fifth-largest economy in the world,” says finance department spokesman H.D.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022

A 2-year-old is not really going to meaningfully enjoy visiting another 2-year-old, and skipping one trip matters not a hill of beans in this crazy world.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2020

“And—I’m so sorry, Delsie—they took some of your mother’s things. Jewelry. Pins. Old coins. Lots of stuff that wouldn’t mean a hill of beans to other people but us.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt