whale of a time

A very enjoyable experience, as in We had a whale of a time in Puerto Rico. This idiom alludes to the largest mammal to describe something very large and impressive. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Purdie	-	English (Rare)
Nataliya	nah-TAH-lee-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Luisa	LWEE-sah (Spanish), LWEE-zah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Joon	joon	Korean
Jerneja	-	Slovene
Anaitis	-	Persian Mythology (Hellenized)