hill of beans
Practically nothing much
A hill of beans is something of little or no value.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in the negative: It doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
Even a whole hill of beans isn't worth much.
The expression gained currency from the 1942 film Casablanca: "The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."
Lacking significance or weight
- worthlessLacking any value
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- negligibleToo small to consider
inconsequential · unimportant · trifling · petty · paltry · valueless · futile · useless
Conveyed thought or feeling
- sayingShort, wise expression
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
vernacular · proverb · locution · phraseology · figure of speech · turn of phrase · idiomatic · slang
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- worthlessLacking any value
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- pointlessLacking any purpose
negligible · inconsequential · unimportant · trifling · petty · paltry · valueless · futile · useless · meager
expression
Conveyed thought or feeling
- sayingShort, wise expression
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
metaphor · vernacular · proverb · locution · phraseology · figure of speech · turn of phrase · idiomatic · slang · Casablanca
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
hill of beansfortune
Wealth or destiny
king's ransom · treasure · million dollars · jackpot · mint
hill of beansmatter of life and death
Situation with fatal consequences
turning point · watershed moment · big deal · world-shaking · game-changer