Idiom idiom
for beans
Meaning
Synonym of at all.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot play the guitar for beans.”
“He practiced for hours, but he still could not sing for beans.”
“Despite his years of formal training in the culinary arts, the chef admitted he could not bake a simple loaf of bread for beans.”
Anchors to
- 01
bean counter
A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general.
- 02
full of beans
Energetic and enthusiastic.
- 03
give someone beans
To scold or reprimand someone severely.
- 04
know beans about
To know nothing, or almost nothing, about.
- 05
spill the beans
To reveal a secret; to disclose information.
Last updated August 10, 2026