something is of no value; worthless; also said like this:didn't amount to a hill of beans
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- An older saying, “not worth a bean,” appeared as far back as 1297, when historian Robert of Gloucester wrote it in his English Chronicles. The American saying, “not worth a hill of beans,” began to appear around 1863; “a hill of” was often inserted into phrases to emphasize their meaning
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Submitted on September 01, 2009
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