in spades

From the card game of bridge, in which spades is the highest suit. Perhaps influenced by phrases with similar meaning, in spadefuls or in spate.

• "Last year we harvested almost no potatoes, but this year we're getting them in spades."
• ""He is three times that bad in spades," I said. "He ain't washed his socks in four months for one thing," […]"
• "Character the hotel has in spades. It begins at the parking lot, where bison roam."
• "This caution hurt JPMorgan's profits at the time but paid off in spades in 2009, as the bank earned $8.5 billion in the first three quarters."

• in droves
• abundantly
• but good

• spadeloads