"Eat beans" may have different meanings in different cultural backgrounds. In China, the most common explanation is: "Be bitter." The source of this statement is not very clear. Some people say that beans don't taste very good, so they are used to show losses. However, there are also documents that beans are important crops originated from ancient rural economy, so the loss of beans means the loss of agricultural products, so it is also used to mean "loss".

Besides "losing money", "eating beans" may also mean "talking nonsense" or "killing boring time", which is usually found in western culture. It is said that it originated from a comedy program called "Whose lines are they anyway" in the United States. Participants were asked to talk nonsense while eating beans. Later, after the program became popular, the expression "eat beans" was widely used as a way to express small talk and giggle.

In addition to the above two explanations, eating beans may also be a child's game. The game is simple: a group of children sit together, put some beans on the table, and then one person says, "I ate a XXX bean, which was delicious!" " "(XXX can be the name of any kind of bean) Then he ate the bean. Then the next child also needs to tell what kind of beans he eats, and then he can take turns all the time. This kind of game can not only cultivate children's thinking agility, but also increase everyone's interaction, especially suitable for holidays, so that children can spend a happy afternoon in their leisure time.