a lot can be a lot of things a large number a large amount a great deal a pebble in a fable a parable a lot can be a plot of land empty space to build on a patch of grass a portion of property a lot can be the cost of something expensive a lot can be someones inheritance a lot can be a curtain amount of experience a lot can be a adverb or a pronoun a lot can be a few thousand square feet to around a quarter of an acre a lot can be a metaphor for overwhelming hard to handle difficult to talk about too much stuff to deal with a lot can be a person a lot a can be a place a lot can be any thing