doesn't know beans



doesn't know beans

Ignorance. The New England uncomplimentary description of a Bostonian who's so ignorant that he or she can't even cook the city's most famous dish of baked beans spread to the rest of the country.
See also: bean, know

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Natacha-French, Portuguese
CelestineSEL-əs-teenEnglish
MÓNicaMO-nee-kahSpanish
BertaBER-tah (Polish, German, Italian)Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene
Saveliy-Russian
MuirÍN-Irish