whole lot (
http://definr.com/whole lot)
n : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn:
batch,
deal,
flock, {good
deal},
great deal,
hatful,
heap,
lot,
mass,
mess,
mickle,
mint,
muckle,
peck,
pile,
plenty,
pot,
quite a little,
raft,
sight,
slew,
spate,
stack,
tidy sum,
wad,
whole slew]