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keen as a bean

keen as a bean adjective: very keen; enthusiastic; eager.

Adjective

keen as a bean (not comparable)

  1. (informal, simile) Very keen; enthusiastic; eager.
    • On my afternoon trip home, I struck a driver who seemed keen as a bean to get me to mash that five star rating – his Mitsubishi Outlander was stocked with mints and bottled water and he offered them all to me and even asked if I wanted to make any extra stops on the way home.2018 Alasdair Duncan, Here’s How To Improve Your Pitiful Uber Rating From Someone Who Did It Pedestrian, 17 September 2018. Accessed 4 May 2019.

Origin of keen as a bean

Chosen for the rhyme.

Questions about keen as a bean

What does keen as a bean mean?
Keen as a bean means very keen; enthusiastic; eager.
What part of speech is keen as a bean?
Keen as a bean is an adjective.

Words near keen as a bean in the dictionary

  1. keema
  2. keemas
  3. Keemun
  4. Keemuns
  5. keen
  6. keen as a bean
  7. keen as a Jew
  8. keen as knives
  9. keen as mustard
  10. keen on
  11. Keen-chang

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