Really very low. A couple of inches. It refers to pulling soil up around plants in the garden, also called "hilling" them. You would step right over it, so it is pretty unimportant. Except to the beans.
Collective nouns for beans are a hill of beans or a can of beans.
Not worth a hill or beans means - not worth much. A "hill" is how you plant beans -- you put the seeds inside a little hill of soil so the stems spread outward and downward. If something's not worth one bean plant, which is what's planted in a "hill of beans," then it's not worth much at all.
beans and cornbread
Beans (Mature Soy Beans)is a vegetables that are high in protein. Other beans high in protein per cup cooked: Kidney Beans (17g), White Beans (17g), Lima Beans (15g), Fava Beans (14g), Black Beans (15g), Mung Beans (14g).
The phrase "it doesn't amount to a hill of beans" originates from the early 20th century, particularly in American English. Beans were considered a low-value food, and a "hill" refers to a small mound of soil where beans might be grown, emphasizing insignificance. The expression suggests that something is worthless or trivial, conveying that it lacks importance or relevance in a given context.
All beans are high in protein, low in fat, and have zero cholesterol. White beans, kidney beans, and garbanzo beans are all great choices.
A very high hill is a mountain.
There is in the beans, but not in cauliflower.
black beans are the best Carrots are and beans
You can buy fat free, "refried beans."
Seeing only a hill of beans and not realizing that they are still growing on the vine....
Not particularly. Black beans and pinto beans are far higher in fibre.