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.
When people say you do not care a hill of beans about something, they mean that you don't care at all or that it holds very little importance to you. The phrase implies that the matter in question is trivial and not worth any serious consideration. Essentially, it's a colorful way of expressing indifference or a lack of concern.
A "hill" of beans is how you plant them -- you put the seeds into a little hill of soil and the stems spread outward and downward. If something doesn't "amount" to that little hill of soil, it doesn't amount to much, or it's never going to be worth much. This idiom is saying that something or someone is never going to succeed or be profitable, or that a problem isn't as large as the person thinks it is.
Collective nouns for beans are a hill of beans or a can of beans.
beans and cornbread
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.
the cocoa beans were like the currency for the aztecs.
Seeing only a hill of beans and not realizing that they are still growing on the vine....
To STIR the beans with someone Emphasis on STIR It means to have sex with that person Or it could mean to literally stir a pot of baked beans with the help of another person but usually when they say stir the beans they mean sex
It means, "...the rice with beans..."
It means beans in French. Green beans are haricots verts.
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The collective noun for peas is a pod of peas.