VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Bean Counters

Meaning:

Accountants, finance professionals in an organization

Examples:

  • Your brother and I got together with the bean counters.
  • I can't believe I'm living with a bunch of bean counters.
  • You can't expect the bean counters to understand that sort of thing.
  • Jethro, the bean counters couldn't find you, so they gave this to me.
  • Eve, why don't you come with me and I'll introduce you to the bean counters?
  • Either the bean counters at Lockheed don't know, or they don't want me to know.