“Not worth a hill of beans”in other languages
Worthless.
English
French
Spanish
EnglishFrenchSpanishSame idea, different pictures
English measures in beans, planted in little hills on American farms. French chooses something even smaller: a rabbit's fart, un pet de lapin, or a scrap of tripe, tripette.
Spanish de tres al cuarto, three for a quarter, prices it like cheap goods sold by the bundle.
More sayings in other languages
- Nothing to write home about
- A fine kettle of fish
- Off the cuff
- On a silver platter
- Be on pins and needles
- On the back of an envelope
- Once in a blue moon
- Out of one's league
- Out of the blue