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
If he needed something little from a store, that was also freely given.
VOA: special.2009.12.14
As long as I've been here this is the toughest thing that's ever happened to this city and I want to urge everybody out there to give whatever you can - as little as you can or as much as you can - to give something because there's a lot of people really hurting right now.
VOA: special.2010.05.17
"It was always thought that you needed a little bit of something to get the system going.
VOA: standard.2009.11.17
In the mid-1990's, runner Philip Boit responded to an offer to try something a little different.
VOA: standard.2010.01.22
It might just be a little fiddler crab, but it is something.
VOA: standard.2010.05.04
"We could look for beacons." "It could be that there are alien civilizations that have simply created something a little bit like a lighthouse that sweeps the plane of the galaxy, goes bleep, and it's there to attract attention, or it's a monument, or an aesthetic symbol or even a religious symbol.
VOA: standard.2010.04.16
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