A hill of beans 毫無價值
2023-07-08 14:28:35 每日學英語
hill是指那種“小山丘,小丘陵”,a hill of beans含義不是指“滿山的豆子”,其正確的含義是少量;小事;毫無價值;一文不值。
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For all the congressman's posturing about overhauling the tax system, his plan to do so is just a hill of beans.
雖然國會議員擺出了要徹底改革稅制的姿態(tài),但他的計劃毫無價值。
But to tell the truth, it was not worth a hill of beans.
但說實話,我認為那本書一錢不值。