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
Aveline	AV-ə-lien, av-ə-LEEN	English (Rare)
Giustino	joos-TEE-no	Italian
JosÈP	-	Occitan
Jean (2)	JEEN	English, Scottish
Florinda	flo-REEN-dhah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Otto	AW-to (German), AH-to (English), OT-to (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic