Terms containing a whale of a

Subject	English	Russian
inf.	a whale of	множество (чего-либо)
inf.	a whale of a	очень много (a very great amount of something)
inf.	a whale of a	куча (a very great amount of something igisheva)
explan.	a whale of a	нечто чрезвычайно большое
explan.	a whale of a	нечто выдающееся (по величине или качеству)
news	a whale of a	отличный (exceptionally great or excellent: This stuffed-shirt epitome of the East Coast Establishment of his day had a whale of a time at Chicago's World's Fair. 4uzhoj)
sl., teen.	a whale of a	обалденный (That's a whale of a story. • We had a whale of a time at the party Saturday night. • I had a whale of a time at Pete's wedding – I danced all night long! 4uzhoj)
prop.&figur.	a whale of a	доставляющее огромное удовольствие (mahavishnu)
explan.	a whale of a	очень большой (a very great amount of something)
inf.	a whale of a	уйма (a very great amount of something igisheva)
explan.	a whale of a	нечто великое
explan.	a whale of a	нечто приятное
explan.	a whale of a	нечто хорошее
inf.	a whale of a	огромный (exceptionally large: Another thousand dollars would make a whale of a difference. • Remodeling the kitchen will make a whale of a difference in the selling price of the home. 4uzhoj)
gen.	a whale of a difference	огромная разница
gen.	a whale of a fellow	отличный парень
gen.	a whale of a story	замечательный рассказ
gen.	a whale of a story	прекрасный рассказ
austral., slang	a whale of a time	особенно приятное время
idiom.	have a whale of a time	замечательно проводить время (Taras)
idiom.	have a whale of a time	от души повеселиться (We had a whale of a time at the party Saturday night Taras)
idiom.	have a whale of a time	отлично проводить время (тж. have the time of life Taras)
idiom.	have a whale of a time	замечательно провести время (to enjoy oneself greatly: We had a whale of a time at the party Saturday night. • I had a whale of a time at Pete's wedding–I danced all night long! • This stuffed-shirt epitome of the East Coast Establishment of his day had a whale of a time at Chicago's World's Fair.)
gen.	the enormously of a whale	громадные размеры кита
gen.	the enormousness of a whale	громадные размеры кита
Makarov.	the whale blew a jet of water into the air	кит выбрасывал в воздух струю воды
fig.of.sp.	whale of a mouth	рот до ушей (когда у кого-то большой рот Leonid Dzhepko)