a hill of beans
基本解释
- 少量;小事;毫无价值
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.
有一天你会意识到,对你的孩子事事都管只会让他们离你更远,而其他的事情同样一文不值。 - 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.
这个人说:"我很高兴我妹妹没有跟那个家伙结婚。他长的很漂亮,但是他很懒,喝酒过度,到哪儿去工作都干不到半年。事实上,这个人根本一钱不值。" - If you say something does not amount to a hill of beans, you mean it is of little importance.
如果你说一些东西does not amount to a hill of beans,意思是无足轻重。 - 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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