thanks a bunch/lot/million

phrase

informal

: thank you very much

Wow, this is great! Thanks a million!

—often used in an ironic way to say that one is not pleased that someone has done or said something

"I'm boring? Thanks a lot!"

Thanks a million for leaving the door open. There are flies everywhere now.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, thanks a lot for being here this morning. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025 Well, thanks a lot, Alvin Bragg, for freeing up your calendar. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023

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