in spades | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Inlargequantities; to ahighdegree; toexcess, withoutrestraint.Synonyms:in droves,abundantly,but goodLast year we harvested almost no potatoes, but this year we're getting themin spades.1954,Richard [Pike] Bissell,High Water(Atlantic Monthly PressBook), Boston, Mass.:Little, Brown and Company,OCLC760577; republished St. Paul, Minn.:Minnesota Historical Society, 1987,ISBN978-0-87351-221-3,page 115:"He is three times that badin spades," I said. "He ain't washed his socks in four months for one thing,"[…]1993June 23, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Yellowstone’s landmark in logs”, inThe New York Times‎[1], archived fromthe originalon28 April 2016:Character the hotel hasin spades. It begins at the parking lot, where bison roam.2009December 8,Justin Fox, “The top 10 everything of 2009: Top 10 best business deals: 2. JPMorgan Chase and the deals it didn't do”, inTime‎[2], archived fromthe originalon23 April 2016:This caution hurtJPMorgan's profits at the time but paid offin spadesin 2009, as the bank earned $8.5 billion in the first three quarters.; (idiomatic)Beyonddoubt.

Examples:

EN: - Little slam in spades.
ES: - Un pequeño slam de picas.
EN: Well, what I said to you goes for the D.A., double in spades.
ES: Lo que dije, también va para el fiscal, por partida doble.
EN: Only I'll play it in spades. That means you'll pay double.
ES: Pero te aviso, pagarás el doble.
EN: Double in spades.
ES: Doble en picas.
EN: Well, then it goes double in spades.
ES: Bueno, llegó el dos de espadas.
EN: He can give you cards in spades on lying.
ES: Él puede darle lecciones sobre la mentira.
EN: But you'll get it back in spades as soon as the customers start barging in.
ES: Pero ganarás mucho dinero... cuando los clientes comiencen a llegar.
EN: And that goes for me too, doubled in spades.
ES: Y eso va también por mi, y multiplicado con creces.
EN: We both hate russia in spades.
ES: Los dos odiamos Rusia y España.
EN: There's no need, I already got it in spades.
ES: - No hace falta, ya lo tengo sin límite.
EN: They may have started this thing as a gag, but after taking one look... at those million-dollar debutantes tonight... I realized I can give them cards in spades and still come out on top.
ES: Si bien todo empezó como una broma, luego de ver... a esas debutantes millonarias... supe que puedo ganarles y estar en la cima, aunque les dé ventaja.
EN: Wake up, Hoffman. - He's blotto in spades.
ES: Está como un as de espadas.
EN: - A grand slam in spades, in his tail.
ES: El misterioso as de picas. Él la sigue hasta aquí. ¡Ramón!
EN: I'll give them back to you in spades!
ES: ¡Ya me buscaré otra!
EN: Yeah, in spades.
ES: Sí, de cabo a rabo.

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