bean

bean
noun
1) Bohne, die

full of beans — (fig. coll.) putzmunter (ugs.)

he hasn't [got] a bean — (fig. coll.) er hat keinen roten Heller (ugs.)

2) (Amer. coll.): (head) Birne, die (fig. salopp)
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[bi:n]
noun
1) (any one of several kinds of pod-bearing plant or its seed: black beans; green beans; red beans.) die Bohne
2) (the bean-like seed of other plants: coffee beans.) die Bohne
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bean
[bi:n]
n (seed) Bohne f; (pod) [Bohnen]hülse f
baked \beans Baked Beans pl
coffee \beans Kaffeebohnen pl
French [or green] \beans grüne Bohnen, ÖSTERR a. Fisolen
runner \beans Stangenbohnen pl; (fig)
to not have a \bean (fam) keinen Pfennig in der Tasche haben fam
old \bean BRIT (dated) altes Haus hum fam
to be full of \beans putzmunter [o quicklebendig] sein fam
to spill the \beans aus der Schule plaudern
to spill the \beans to sb about sth jdm etw verraten
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[biːn]
n
1) Bohne f

the proposals don't amount to a hill or row of beans (inf) — die Vorschläge sind nicht überwältigend (inf)

he hasn't (got) a bean ( Brit inf ) — er hat keinen roten or lumpigen Heller (inf)

2) (fig)

to be full of beans (inf) — putzmunter sein (inf)

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bean [biːn]
A s
1. BOT Bohne f:
not know beans about bes US umg keinen Dunst haben von;
be full of beans umg
a) putzmunter sein,
b) US schiefliegen;
spill the beans umg aus der Schule plaudern
2. bohnenartige Pflanze
3. bohnenförmiger Samen, (Kaffee- etc) Bohne f
4. US sl Birne f (Kopf)
5. besonders Br umg he hasn’t got a bean er hat keinen roten oder lumpigen Heller;
it’s not worth a bean es ist keinen roten oder lumpigen Heller wert
6. old bean! obs Br umg altes Haus!
B v/t US sl jemandem eins auf die Birne geben
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noun
1) Bohne, die

full of beans — (fig. coll.) putzmunter (ugs.)

he hasn't [got] a bean — (fig. coll.) er hat keinen roten Heller (ugs.)

2) (Amer. coll.): (head) Birne, die (fig. salopp)
* * *
n.
Bohne -n f.

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