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"Not amount to a hill of beans" nghĩa là gì?
12 Apr, 2022
"Not amount to a hill of beans" = không bằng ngọn đồi đậu -> nghĩa là ít ỏi, không đáng kể.
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Because while the problems of an exceptionally wealthy (giàu có) white woman may not amount to a hill of beans in 2021, the problems that do matter can be understood better via examination of the monstrously (to lớn) influential systems with which Couric is intimately familiar — the institutions that constrained this chipper embodiment of white femininity, while rewarding her with the ability to shape American perspectives on politics, race, gender, war, fame, culture, and money.
The screeching (tiếng kêu la) chalk-on-blackboard noise that prompted Mother to yell from the bottom of the stairs came from a third-hand record player. It was, in moments of rebellion that were rare, what caused her to worry that her son might not amount to a hill of beans.
“The sprinkle we got this weekend did not amount to a hill of beans,” Melton said. “We would need a lot of rain right now just to cover the forest floor. Then we need a lot to start soaking into our trees and the ground.”
The most interesting dialogue (câu thoại) in Friends and Strangers is about the meaning of the saying, “it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans,” which, much like the saying, amounts to nothing.
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