Idiom: "Bags of time"

[Oana]

Test No. incompl/advan-13 "Time Expressions (1)", question 1

There's no need to worry we shall get to the station long before the train leaves as we have ......... of time.

(a) sacks
(b) packets
(c) parcels
(d) bags

Test No. incompl/advan-13 "Time Expressions (1)", answer 1

There's no need to worry we shall get to the station long before the train leaves as we have bags of time.

Correct answer: (d) bags
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It's pretty confusing. Why bags and not packets or sacks?

Oana

[Alan]

Bags of time is an idiom and means a lot of time.
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[Tom]

[Alan]

Well yes Tom, if you like.

A
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[Casafon]

Hi Alane,
in which other cases can I use the word bags with same meaning as here (a lot of, plenty of)?

[Yankee]

[Torsten]

No need to start making a big fuss about this sentence too, Amy. In December 2006 we put a comma after 'worry'.
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[Yankee]

[Alan]

Hi Casafon,

'Bags of time' is the most immediate one that comes to my mind but there are others. You could say of someone who always works hard as having 'bags of energy'/someone who is very rich as having 'bags of money'/someone who is always very keen as having 'bags of enthusiasm'. There are others I'm sure but that's all I can think of at the moment.

Alan
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[Jamal72]

thanks for the explanation