31. He insisted the insider trades were a group of unrelated transactions that didn't amount to a hill of beans . 32. "There aren't enough red dwarfs out there to amount to a hill of beans , " said NASA astronomer Steve Maran. 33. "Polls don't amount to a hill of beans , " Gore said at a campaign stop in Concord, N . H. 34. A written philosophy " doesn't mean a hill of beans if it isn't lived out every day, " he said. 35. "As far as public perception is concerned, " he said, " it doesn't amount to a hill of beans ." 36. Origin : Beans show up often in English _ a hill of beans , spill the beans, use the old bean. 37. "But tell a mother that when you see your child suffering, and it doesn't amount to a hill of beans . 38. "The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world, " says Rick. 39. The sufferings of the world don't amount to a hill of beans next to the lives of two good-looking people. 40. Things like dishwashers and refrigerators are nice to talk about, but they really don't amount to a hill of beans ."
