howling success

A tremendous triumph, as in Their first play was a howling success. This colloquial expression employs howling in the sense of "very pronounced" or "glaring," a usage dating from the mid-1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eupraxia	-	Ancient Greek
Mia	MEE-ah (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German), MEE-ə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, English
LluÍS	-	Catalan
Osborne	['ɔzbən]
Zorion	-	Basque
Paden	PAY-dən	English (Rare)