a heck of a

a heck of a somebody/something

a surprisingly good person or thing a hell of a somebody/something It's a heck of a deal from a business standpoint. He's a great teacher, and besides that, he's a heck of a nice guy.

a heck of a something

a very difficult activity or bad thing a hell of a something We have a heck of a time putting the day's news into a half-hour program. That was a heck of a present – why would anyone think you wanted such an ugly painting?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Nawra	-	Arabic
Wera	VE-rah	Polish
Pettit	['petit]
Anara	-	Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Andrei	ahn-DRYAY (Russian)	Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic