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What does What is full of beans mean? mean?
What does What is full of beans mean? mean?
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"full of beans" means "full of nonsense". For example: ( If someone says something "crazy" or "not true" others will say "they are full of beans")! Hey John, you lied about getting your homework done, you are so "full of beans"!
- English (US)
It can mean two things.
1. That you are talking nonsense. That what you are saying is ridiculous. This is by far the more common meaning.
"Your advice is crazy. You are full of beans."
There are stronger ways to say this, but they are offensive. (full of crap, full of shit)
2. An older meaning is that you are very happy and full of energy. It comes from an old superstition that if you fed a racehorse beans, he would run faster. Now it means someone who is full of energy. This meaning is less common.
"My children are driving me crazy today They are so full of beans that they can't sit still."
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