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howling success

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.
See also: howling, success

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Agafyaah-GAH-fyahRussian
SantaSAHN-tahItalian
Lieber-Yiddish
KalleKAHL-le (Finnish)Swedish, Finnish
Ziegler['zi:glə]
Mandy['mændi]
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