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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a few beans" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small quantity of beans, often in a literal sense or metaphorically to indicate something of little value or importance.
Example: "After dinner, we had a few beans left in the pot that we decided to save for lunch tomorrow."
Alternatives: "a small number of beans" or "a handful of beans".
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Time to shell out a few beans.
She wouldn't have minded her son spilling a few beans.
To name a few: beans, pulses, nuts, tofu, tempeh, broccoli, kale... and yes, Guardian readers, quinoa.
But, amazingly, lots of lettuces then appeared and we've even had a few beans.
Sando fished a few beans from the pot with a wooden spoon.
And Jack did inexplicably agree to trade the cow for a few beans, which, luckily for him, turned out to be magic.
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He was one of only a few bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the U.S. (there are now hundreds), and he was selling to more than 200 stores and paying a staff of 15.
While Bean's many characters have met death by impalement with an anchor, being buried alive, freezing to death and being crushed by an antenna (just to name a few), Bean still says Ned's was the most mentally challenging one to shoot.
It is loaded with chunks of lamb, duck confit, country sausage and relatively few beans (a plus in my book, but purists might disagree).
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