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whale of a time
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
"If you look at my page, it looks like I'm having a whale of a time," Caity says.
He said he had a "whale of a time" growing up despite having little money, living in a local community which "looked after each other".
Broadcaster Rev Richard Coles told BBC Breakfast he had a "whale of a time" when he took part in the show in 2017, but that he wasn't surprised by the current furore.
He explains why it was actually a whale of a time.
Your substitute Surge author had a whale of a time in 2022 covering J.R.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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