a whale of a idiom US informal
极多的；极大的；极好的
used to refer to a very great amount of something or a very good thing
That's a whale of a story. 那个故事棒极了。
Another thousand dollars would make a whale of a difference. 再有1000美元的话，情况就大不相同了。
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