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
Quiana	-	African American (Modern)
Arezu	-	Persian
Nuada	-	Irish Mythology
Burger	['bə:gə]
&Aelig;Lfsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
Raimunde	-	German