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
Leevi	LE:-vee	Finnish
Yeong-Hui	yung-hee	Korean
Valentyn	-	Ukrainian
Juraj	YOO-rahy (Croatian)	Croatian, Slovak
Papa	-	Polynesian Mythology
Nahuel	naw-WEL	Native American, Mapuche