This week's idiom is to have something “in spades”. ... When we use “in spades” as an idiom, it means that someone has a very large amount of something. For example: That girl has singing talent in spades.

What does have it in spades mean?

Considerably, in the extreme; also, without restraint. For example, They were having money problems, in spades, or Jan told him what he really thought of him, in spades. This expression alludes to spades as the highest-ranking suit in various card games, such as bridge, and transfers “highest” to other extremes. [

Why do people say in spades?

In spades means an abundance, having more than an enough, a large quantity, or to a large degree. ... Spades is the highest ranking suit in the game of bridge, a popular card game in the 1920s. The expression in spades to mean abundance came into use in the United States during this time, along with many other idioms.