for beans

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Adverb

for beans (not comparable)

1. (humorous, colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of at all.
   • 1998, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, page 279:

     Then he'd go and do some piss-ass thing that didn't count for beans and blow his horn.

   • 2005 April 12, “Role Model” (26:50 from the start), in House, M.D., season 1, episode 17, spoken by Senator Gary Wright (Joe Morton):

     Senator: Lie to me.
     Foreman: Okay. It'll, uh, feel like a gentle massage.
     Senator: House is a lousy teacher. You can't lie for beans.