a hill of beans

基本解釋

Someday you are going to realize that micromanaging your child’s life drove them away and all that other stuff just didn’t amount to a hill of beans.
有一天你會(huì)意識(shí)到，對(duì)你的孩子事事都琯衹會(huì)讓他們離你更遠(yuǎn)，而其他的事情同樣一文不值。
I'm glad my sister didn't marry that guy. He's good-looking, but he's lazy, drinks too much and can't hold a job more than six months. The truth is, the man's not worth a hill of beans.
這個(gè)人說(shuō)："我很高興我妹妹沒(méi)有跟那個(gè)家夥結(jié)婚。他長(zhǎng)的很漂亮，但是他很嬾，喝酒過(guò)度，到哪兒去工作都乾不到半年。事實(shí)上，這個(gè)人根本一錢不值。"
If you say something does not amount to a hill of beans, you mean it is of little importance.
如果你說(shuō)一些東西does not amount to a hill of beans，意思是無(wú)足輕重。

But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.
You could say,for example, that a bad idea is not worth a hill of beans.

None of this will amount to a hill of beans except to swing sentiment and incite panic.
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