big stink

1. A major scandal or furor. For example, If they don't improve the women's facilities, Marjorie will make a big stink about it. [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

Another big game, another big stink.

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Instead the foundation raised a big stink, saying they hadn’t given permission to the admakers to use excerpts of the speech — which was in the public domain, so they had no say in the matter — and insisting that it misrepresented him.

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Year after year, at my physical, I make a big stink about the chart remaining consistent.

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In the chapter that opens with The Big Stink in London, you write, "Dictionary People showed a strong tendency toward innovation."

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A lot of sargassum would pile up on beaches, where it would decompose, attracting flies and causing a big stink.

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