make a stink (about something)
- make a stink (about something)
create a stink (about something) & make a stink (about something) & raise a stink (about something)
Fig. to make a major issue out of something; to make much over something; to make a lot of complaints and criticisms about something. •
Tom created a stink about Bob's remarks.
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Why did he make a stink about that?
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Tom is always trying to raise a stink.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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