🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

微不足道的事

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wēi bù zú dào de shì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hill of beans/ˈhɪl əv biːnz/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"与整个计划相比,这些微不足道。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Something of trivial value, insignificance, or worthlessness.

    "Compared to the grand scheme of the universe, our daily worries don't amount to a hill of beans."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The idiom originates from American English in the early 20th century, famously popularized by the 1942 film Casablanca through Humphrey Bogart's line 'the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans.' It metaphorically compares something of very little value to a small, worthless pile of common dried beans.

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