But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The value of stock for the Montgomery Ward store dropped from eighty-three dollars to fifty in a single day.

VOA: special.2011.02.17

American investors and bankers were afraid their money would drop in value because of the use of silver.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

In the United States in the early eighteen hundreds, fifteen ounces of silver had the same value as one ounce of gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

The Education Department says some of that goes to waste and leaves students in debt for educations of little or no value.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Over the years, an agricultural adviser named Tony Rinaudo has helped people in the Sahel learn about the value and care of trees.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

If your disposal of the money in question has been sensible, wise, or unselfish, it is in our power to give you bonds to the value of fifty thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2011.08.13

In Germany, the value of the national currency collapsed.

VOA: special.2011.03.03

We must bear witness to the value of every child in Darfur and the dignity of every woman in Congo,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

Each correct prediction is worth a set number of points, with the value for correct picks increasing in each successive round.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

For many investors in Asia, gold's role as a source of safety and value has been reinforced over the past year of economic uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

I think that's part of the value of these books, that they're universal in character."

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"I think it's the biggest kept secret in the world because of its value. Meanwhile,secretive parts of the secret government are sitting on suppressed technology for free energy."

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

Peter Dowling,a heritage officer at the National Trust in Canberra, says eco-burial sites will not have the same 'cultural value' as one of the many traditional cemeteries he visits.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22