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
TjaŠA	-	Slovene
Abd Al-Kader	-	Arabic
Annunziato	-	Italian (Rare)
Reuven	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Charisma	kə-RIZ-mə	English (Rare)
Zulekha	-	Arabic