gracious plenty

a gracious plenty

An adequate amount, typically in the context of food. Thanks to all of your generous donations, we have a gracious plenty to bring down to the homeless shelter. No second helpings for me, please—I've already had a gracious plenty.
See also: gracious, plenty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

(a) gracious plenty

 and an elegant sufficiency
Euph. enough (food). No more, thanks. I have a gracious plenty on my plate. At Thanksgiving, we always have an elegant sufficiency and are mighty thankful for it.
See also: gracious, plenty
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a gracious plenty
  • gracious
  • plenty
  • an elegant sufficiency
  • elegant
  • sufficiency
  • oh my goodness gracious
  • revert to type
  • off to a running start
  • generous to a fault
References in periodicals archive
Like any process variable--and there are a gracious plenty of them with the printing operation --one can't assume the solder paste material or even the solder paste brand used today will be compatible with next-generation technology.
There is verisimilitude with his gracious plenty of specific information about state law and local practice of another era (such as the jury pool being drawn from a hat by a small child who certifiably could not read or write).
Eventually the garden will be blessed with a gracious plenty of Lenten roses to transplant or to share with friends.
And while there are a gracious plenty of new technologies to help improve yield--many of which I've written about--there is also a less well-known and not-so-new printing machine feature that is very handy, particularly as aperture dimensions continue to shrink.
This remains relevant for a gracious plenty of today's mainstream applications.
Appetizer Maryland Crab Cakes (A Taste of Heritage) Soup Clear Tomato Soup (A Gracious Plenty) Salad Italian Salad (The Dooky Chase Cookbook) Entree Old Fashioned Roast Turkey (A Gracious Plenty) Sides Casserole of Sage Flavored Pork Tenderloin (A Taste of Country Cooking) Baked Onions Stuffed with Oyster Dressing (Ideas for Entertaining from the African-American Kitchen) Sauteed Collard Greens (Low-Country Cookbook) White Potato and Cheese Casserole (Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine) Bread Sweet Potato Biscuits (The Welcome ?able) Dessert Scripture Cake (Vertamae Cooks)
A Gracious Plenty. By Sheri Reynolds (Review, pounds 6.99).
Following Wednesday's across-the-card treble, he produced a tap-in with 1-14 shot Gracious Plenty in the 10-furlong maiden.
GRACIOUS PLENTY (2.50 Kempton) made a promising debut when third to Miss Amanpuri at Newmarket and has been catching the eye at home since.
One of them, A Gracious Plenty (Simon Schuster), was based on Palmer's remembrances of her great-aunt.
Though gloom and doom headlines abound, there have also been a gracious plenty of news stories that call attention to solar's advances toward an affordable alternative to traditional energy sources.
LINGFIELD: 2.30 Gracious Plenty, 3.00 Compton Akka (nap).
Aside from these examples, there are a gracious plenty of options that can be selected for the most cost-effective understencil cleaning process.
Hills can also strike at Kempton with Gracious Plenty in the PSL Fillies' Conditions Stakes (2.50).