amount to a hill of beans
amount to a hill of beans
To be insignificant; to result in nothing. The boss is just mad right now—I think all of his new rules will amount to a hill of beans. For all the congressman's posturing about overhauling the tax system, his plan to do so is just amounts to a hill of beans. The instructions in this manual are so outdated that they pretty much amount to a hill of beans.
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References in periodicals archive
Winning 1-0 at Palace doesn't
amount to a hill of beans against the giants from Turin, which, if I remember my geography teacher's words correctly, is actually built on a hill of beans (it wasn't a good school).
A signature on a loan doesn't
amount to a hill of beans for one Little Rock company.
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