do a roaring trade



do a roaring trade

  (British & Australian) also do a roaring business (American)
to sell a lot of goods quickly (usually in continuous tenses) It was a hot day and the ice-cream sellers were doing a roaring trade. (often + in ) The toy department was doing a roaring trade in furry dinosaurs.
See also: roaring, trade

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anastasiyaah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Charon-Greek Mythology
Aghavni-Armenian
Arnaudar-NOFrench
Lileas-Scottish
DaphneDAF-nee (English), DAHF-nə (Dutch)Greek Mythology, English, Dutch