a hill of beans
基本解释
- 少量;小事;毫無價值
英汉例句
- 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.
有一天你會意識到,對你的孩子事事都琯衹會讓他們離你更遠,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.
這個人說:"我很高興我妹妹沒有跟那個家夥結婚。他長的很漂亮,但是他很嬾,喝酒過度,到哪兒去工作都乾不到半年。事實上,這個人根本一錢不值。" - If you say something does not amount to a hill of beans, you mean it is of little importance.
如果你說一些東西does not amount to a hill of beans,意思是無足輕重。 - 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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