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
Aleksandrina	-	Russian, Bulgarian
Norton	NAWR-tən	English
Chariovalda	-	Ancient Germanic
P&Aelig;Ga	-	Anglo-Saxon
Prudentia	-	Late Roman
Glynn	-	Welsh