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
Alyshaə-LEE-shəEnglish (Modern)
KlaasKLAH:SDutch, Low German
Pika-Hawaiian
Khasan-Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Ingush, Tatar, Bashkir
Jocelyn['dʒɔslin]
Ratko-Croatian, Serbian