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
Ptolemais	-	Ancient Greek
Dory	-	English
PÁL	PAHL	Hungarian
Quirin	KVEE-reen	German
Fereshteh	-	Persian
Democritus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)