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hill of beans

hill of beans noun: something of no importance.

Noun

hill of beans (plural hills of beans)

  1. (figuratively, informal) Something of no importance.
    • not worth a hill of beans
    • 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 of hill of beans

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Forms of hill of beans

pluralhills of beans

Questions about hill of beans

What does hill of beans mean?
Hill of beans means something of no importance.
What part of speech is hill of beans?
Hill of beans is a noun.
What is the plural of hill of beans?
The plural of hill of beans is hills of beans.

Words near hill of beans in the dictionary

  1. Hill End
  2. hill fire
  3. Hill Mari
  4. hill myna
  5. hill mynas
  6. hill of beans
  7. Hill of Down
  8. Hill of Fearn
  9. hill partridge
  10. hill partridges
  11. hill pigeon

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