He might have been just as interested if I'd been counting beans.

But let the bean counters count beans, the gum chewers chew gum.

Somebody out there," he said, "a smart broadcaster, who really cares about broadcasting and not counting beans so much, is going to grab this.

I count pork 'n' beans as two courses, as does any serious camp chef.

"That's the pigpen," said the mechanic, who was counting beans into piles of ten.

"I get tired of counting beans," says the customer, who is either thinking about leaving his job or using the threat as a negotiating ploy.

They were always counting beans, but they were still lousy traders.

Don't you tell me how to count beans, sonny.

At 2 A.M., when your accountant is counting sheep, or beans, the electronic services are awake to answer your questions.

But, you know, bean counters are counting beans, while we are fighting fires.