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
Neva	-	English
Vartan	-	Armenian
Aage	-	Danish, Norwegian
Lotte	LAW-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Biljana	-	Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian
Kalidasa	-	Sanskrit