in spades

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

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  In large quantities; to a high degree; to excess, without restraint.
 * 2) * 1954, Richard [Pike] Bissell, High Water (Atlantic Monthly Press Book), Boston, Mass.:, 760577 ; republished St. Paul, Minn.: , 1987, ISBN 978-0-87351-221-3 , page 115:
 * "He is three times that bad in spades," I said. "He ain't washed his socks in four months for one thing,"
 * 1)  Beyond doubt.
 * "He is three times that bad in spades," I said. "He ain't washed his socks in four months for one thing,"
 * 1)  Beyond doubt.
 * 1)  Beyond doubt.
 * 1)  Beyond doubt.