make a (big) stink (about someone or something)

make a (big) stink (about someone or something)
make a (big) stink (about someone or something) & raise a (big) stink (about someone or something)
Fig. to make trouble about someone or something. •

Why did you raise a big stink about it?

Jim is making a stink about Alice.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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