bushel and a peck



bushel and a peck (and some in a gourd)

Rur. a great deal or amount. (Usually used to answer the question, "How much do you love me?") Mary: How much do you love me? Tom: A bushel and a peck and some in a gourd. We knew that Grandpa loved us a bushel and a peck.
See also: and, bushel, peck

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Huddleston['hʌdlstəun]
BrunoBROO-no (German), BRUW-naw (Polish)German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Croatian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Holt[həult]
Madona-Georgian
Ivey['aivi]
&Aelig;Lfr&Aelig;D-Anglo-Saxon