Idiom
know beans about
Meaning
To know nothing, or almost nothing, about.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I do not know beans about fixing cars.”
“He tried to give me advice on investing, but he does not know beans about the stock market.”
“Although he spoke with great confidence, it was clear to everyone that he did not know beans about the complex subject he was teaching.”
Examples
simple
“I do not know beans about fixing cars.”
contextual
“He tried to give me advice on investing, but he does not know beans about the stock market.”
complex
“Although he spoke with great confidence, it was clear to everyone that he did not know beans about the complex subject he was teaching.”
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