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whale of a time
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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]Advertisement
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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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