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amount to a hill of beans

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amount to a hill of beans
to be of little importance You are making yourself miserable over something that amounts to a hill of beans.
See also: amount, bean, hill


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``And the priorities I had for myself, which were who I was going to work with - I mean, even if the role wasn't stellar or the distribution wasn't going to amount to a hill of beans in terms of people knowing about the project .
In the grand scheme of events transpiring in the 20th century, the married life of these two people don't amount to a hill of beans, to quote Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.
Think back: Away from your VCR, when was the last time you heard a somber Rick reminding the audience that larger obligations give life meaning--that, when you get right down to it, "the problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world"?
 
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