know beans
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I didn’t know beans about three-buttoned, single vent, natural-shouldered suits, blue blazers with gold buttons, gray slacks, over-the-calf socks, button-down shirts, cuff links, rep-striped ties, pocket squares, and wing-tipped or penny loafer shoes.
From Washington Post
"There's people who have to go to every single supermarket in the town because they know beans are cheaper in one, nappies cheaper in the other - a whole day of their week is gone just shopping around and making every single penny count."
From BBC
I don’t know beans about blood collection, testing, etc., but maybe one of our marvelous readers does.
From Fox News
“I know Beans’s real name is Arthur. And Mutto is Billy. Who are you, really?”
From Literature
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The novelist suffers no such injunction, but most of them don’t know beans about botany.
From New York Times
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