LizzieMaine
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My raised-in-the-1920/30s dad used to say disapprovingly, "I can't see <him, it, name> for beans."
Anybody know where this expression came from, and why "beans" was the point of comparison?
"Beans" was a common term for an insignificant amount of money in the twenties, along with "berries" and "bones." Either of those would also fit in that phrase.