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
“Yes, I know that the world is going to pieces, and that the prowess of three gifted players doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world,” Krauthammer wrote.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2018
“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
