not a bean

Very little or no money. It was while I was in college, with not a bean to my name, that I truly learned the value of working for a wage.

not (have) a ˈbean

(British English, informal) (have) no money at all: ‘How much have you saved?’ ‘Not a bean.’

See also: bean, not

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See also:

bean time
a bean head
bean head
not have a bean
know (one's) beans
not worth a bean
not worth beans
be a string bean
string bean
bean wagon

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