know beans
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I don’t know beans about blood collection, testing, etc., but maybe one of our marvelous readers does.
From Fox News ● May 7, 2020
Brent is from West Virginia, and West Virginians, as they will be the first to tell you, know beans.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2016
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
"When Kennedy challenged us to go to the moon we didn't know beans about it," says Cernan, now aged 80.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2014
I read of how we all should eat The "essence" strong of turnip greens, And oh, he showed in language meet For science that he did "know beans."
From American Cookery November, 1921 by Janet McKenzie Hill
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