a whale of a [bill etc.]

a whale of a [bill/difference/problem etc.]

(American & Australian)

a very large bill, difference, problem etc. Another thousand dollars would make a whale of a difference. We ran up a whale of a bill in the restaurant.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Akeem	-	African American
Cori	KAWR-ee	English
Marta	MAHR-tah (Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulg
TÚ	-	Vietnamese
Antigone	an-TIG-ə-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
Klazina	klah-ZEE-nah	Dutch