a palate
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “at shovelfuls.”
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- in quantity, in spades
- Synonyms: in quantità, a fiumi
- 2024, “Gli impiccati [Hang Men]”, in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, season 2, episode 9, spoken by David Conn (Paul Adelstein):
- Solo un piccolo omicidio e avrebbero avuto soldi a palate.
- All they had to do was one little murder and they could have all the money in the world.