bushel and a peck (and some in a gourd)
bushel and a peck (and some in a gourd)
A lot. This phrase is typically used to emphasize how much one loves someone else. My darling wife, I love you a bushel and a peck.
See also: and, bushel, peck
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bushel and a peck
- gourd
- peck
- (my) right hand to God
- no fox given
- up with
- up with (someone or something)
- AIIC
- peck up
- boom goes the dynamite