and then some! excl.
(orig. US) rejoinder to the last speaker, that’s not all of it, either!
A Tenderfoot in Southern Calif. ii 22: It rains in sheets, in blankets, and in comforters, and then some [DA]. | ||
Brand Blotters (1912) 73: Never knew a hold-up wasn’t eight foot high and then some. | ||
Humoresque 160: This has got your Twenty-third Street dump beat a mile, and then some. | ‘White Goods’ in||
Chicago May (1929) 165: The men, however, took the hint — and then some. They knifed every bag within reach, and knifed copiously. | ||
(con. late 1920s) Little Ham Act I: I’ll blow you from here back before prohibition, and then some. | ||
Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 70: I could go for you one hundred per cent an’ then plenty. | ||
Whizzbang Comics 98: He’s all that – and then some. | ||
Onionhead (1958) 95: He knew whole works about cooking, and then some. | ||
letter 9 Sept. in Charters II (1999) 382: Only hope you get enough money to realize the 2 G’s I owe you and THEN some. | ||
Thief 429: Roger had all the shakes you can get and then some. | ||
Botanist at Bay 92: She’s in possession of all her faculties and then some. | ||
Lucky You 314: ‘I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.’ ‘And then some,’ Mary Andrea said, under her breath. | ||
Midnight Lightning 138: And then there’s James. Who somehow manages to hit all the notes they hit and then some. | ||
Frank Sinatra in a Blender [ebook] I’ll pay ya more than I owe’n then some. |