Смысл: beans

bean1. [bi:n] n
<Í> 1. бот.
1) фасоль (Phaseolus gen.)
2) боб (Faba vulgaris)
bean cultures - с.-х. бобовые культуры
bean huller - с.-х. лущилка для бобов
3) боб, семя бобовидной формы
coffee beans - кофейные бобы
horse beans - конские бобы
2. 1) горошина, орешек, шарик
2) горн. орешек (класс угля)
3. сл. монета, «грош»; деньги
not to have a bean - не иметь ни гроша
not worth a bean - ≅ гроша ломаного не стоит
4. сл. голова, башка
use your bean! - ≅ шевели мозгами!
5. воен. жарг.
1) pl продовольствие
beans and bullets - продовольствие и боеприпасы
bean gun - походная кухня
2) (Bean) начальник продовольственного снабжения
3) pl заведующий столовой
♢ old bean - старина, дружище (обращение)
a hill of beans - чепуха
full of beans см. full1 I ♢
not to care a bean for /about/ smth. - быть совершенно безразличным к чему-л.
to give smb. beans - взгреть /вздуть/ кого-л.
to get beans - получить взбучку; получить «на орехи»
to spill the beans - амер. разг. а) проболтаться, выдать секрет; б) расстроить (чьи-л.) планы; в) оказаться в глупом положении, попасть впросак
to know how many beans make five, to know one's beans - амер. сл. знать что к чему; знать своё дело

2. [bi:n] v сл.
<Í> ударить по голове, дать по башке (бросив что-л.)

don't know beans Идиома

a hill of beans

a small amount, very little The money he lost doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

full of beans

in high spirits, energetic She seems to be full of beans today. She must be excited about something.

hill of beans

not very much, very little What I lose in the poker games doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

row of beans

(See a hill of beans)

spill the beans

tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it Please don

cool beans

very cool, great, or interesting

not worth a hill of beans

Idiom(s): not worth a hill of beans AND not worth a plugged nickel

Theme: WORTHLESSNESS

worthless. (Folksy.)
• Your advice isn't worth a hill of beans.
• This old cow isn't worth a plugged nickel.

not know beans about

Idiom(s): not know beans (about sb or sth)

Theme: KNOWLEDGE - LACKING

to know nothing about someone or something. (Slang.)
• Bill doesn't know beans about flying an airplane.
• When it comes to flying, I don't know beans.
• Nobody knows beans about Bill.

Easy as beans

Something that is so easy that anyone can do it is easy as beans.

doesn't add up to a can of beans|add|bean|beans|ca

v. phr. To be of little or no value. (Said of plans, ideas, etc.) "That's a fairly interesting concept you got there, Mike, but the competition is bound to say that it doesn't add up to a can of beans."

don't apperceive beans

To apperceive annihilation or abutting to nothing. Don't ask me! I don't apperceive beans about car engines.Learn more: bean, know

doesn't apperceive beans

Ignorance. The New England aspersing description of a Bostonian who's so apprenticed that he or she can't alike baker the city's best acclaimed bowl of broiled beans advance to the blow of the country.Learn more: bean, know

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