- smell to high heaven
- stink to high heaven & smell to high heavenFig. to smell very bad. •
What happened? This place stinks to high heaven.
•This meat smells to high heaven. Throw it away!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
smell to high heaven
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smell to high heaven — smell/stink to high heaven to smell very bad. That chicken farm stinks to high heaven … New idioms dictionary
smell to high heaven — smell/stink/to high heaven informal phrase to smell extremely bad Thesaurus: to produce a smellsynonym to shine, glow or give off lightsynonym … Useful english dictionary
smell to (high) heaven — 1. in. to smell very bad. □ This kitchen smells to high heaven. What besides garlic are you cooking? □ Where has this dog been? It smells to heaven. 2. in. to give signals that cause suspicion. □ This deal is messed up. It smells to high heaven … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
stink (or smell) to high heaven — informal smell very bad. → the heave ho … English new terms dictionary
stink to high heaven — smell/stink to high heaven to smell very bad. That chicken farm stinks to high heaven … New idioms dictionary
stink to high heaven — smell/stink/to high heaven informal phrase to smell extremely bad Thesaurus: to produce a smellsynonym to shine, glow or give off lightsynonym … Useful english dictionary
stink to high heaven — If something has a very strong unpleasant smell, it stinks to high heaven. Take off those socks they stink to high heaven! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
smell — [n] odor aroma, bouquet, emanation, essence, flavor, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, spice, stench, stink, tang, trace, trail, whiff; concepts 590,599 smell [v1] perceive with the nose breathe, detect, discover, find, get a… … New thesaurus
heaven — noun 1》 (often Heaven) a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God or the gods and of the good after death, often depicted as being above the sky. 2》 (the heavens) literary the sky. 3》 a place or state of supreme bliss. 4》 (also… … English new terms dictionary
smell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scent; stink; sniff, snuff, inhale; detect, nose out. See odor, malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pleasant smell] Syn. fragrance, odor, scent, perfume, exhalation, redolence, essence, aroma,… … English dictionary for students
smell — v 1. scent, nose, get a whiff of, sniff, snuff; inhale, breathe in. 2. perceive, detect, discern; intuit, sense, feel, suspect. 3. reek, stink, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out. n 4. olfaction,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
