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 • Mar. 20, 2022
I don’t know beans about blood collection, testing, etc., but maybe one of our marvelous readers does.
From Fox News • May 7, 2020
Another Dallas newspaperman, Wick Fowler, also fired back: “If you know beans about chili, you know that chili has no beans.”
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2015
As has happened so many times since, I realised I didn't know beans.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2013
He didn't know beans about hyperdrive engines, but he knew how to do library research.
From Graveyard of Dreams by Piper, H. Beam
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