These proposals don't amount to 'a hill of beans'. = These proposals aren't worth 'a hill of beans'. [=these proposals have no value; they are useless]
The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a 'hill' of snow on the street corner.
The organization is lobbying 'Capital Hill' to increase funding for AIDS research.
(..) . ... ... O . . The Horse-Men took your lands. They drove your people into the hills to scratch a living off rocks. Murderers! Take back the lands they stole from you. Burn every village! . (..)2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers