howling success

Idioms  

1. A tremendous triumph, as in Their first play was a howling success. This colloquial expression employs howling in the sense of “very pronounced” or “glaring,” a usage dating from the mid-1800s.

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Example Sentences

It’s called the Playgroup Program, and humane society staff says it’s been a howling success since it was first brought to the facility in 2017 as part of the national initiative “Dogs Playing for Life.”

From Washington Times

The song is a howling success, a praise annihilation.

From New York Times

His creations were coveted or, to put it in Bill-speak, “a howling success.”

From New York Times

Just stirring the shreds together with sugar failed, but a quick simmer in sugar syrup was a howling success.

From New York Times

“The experiment, therefore, was far from a howling success,” Effrat wrote, adding, “At this stage it seems safe to predict that the optional plan will be permitted to die a natural death.”

From New York Times