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Phrase(s): a 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs