English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level
ESL/EFL Test #3 [color=blue]“Lucky Alex”, question 7
The trouble was that he didn’t have a bean not even enough to pay for the fare home.
(a) didn’t have a wallet
(b) didn’t have a penny
(c) didn’t have any change
(d) didn’t have a ticket
English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level
ESL/EFL Test #3 [color=blue]“Lucky Alex”, answer 7
The trouble was that he didn’t have a penny not even enough to pay for the fare home.
Correct answer: (b) didn’t have a penny
Your answer was: [color=green]correct
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If ‘didn’t have a bean’ = ‘had no money’, the following phrase ‘not even enough’ is quite farfetched for me to understand. It seems to me out of the question to determine whether enough or not with no money at all.
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