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hill of beans
noun
something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all.
The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hill of beans1
Example Sentences
Tory chair Richard Holden said they did not "amount to a hill of beans".
Marie-Laure and Werner are little people whose problems, when romanticized and cliffhanger-ized, amount to more than a hill of beans.
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.
“It’s not worth a hill of beans,” said Robinson, the Hall of Fame’s first Black inductee.
“It won’t amount to a hill of beans for the fifth-largest economy in the world,” says finance department spokesman H.D.
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