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stink to high heaven

  1. Also, smell to high heaven. Be of very poor quality; also, be suspect or in bad repute. For example, This plan of yours stinks to high heaven, or His financial schemes smell to high heaven; I'm sure they're dishonest. This expression alludes to something so rank that it can be smelled from a great distance. [c. 1600]



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“You can do it and it can be successful, but the income and wealth inequality consequences of it will stink to high heaven,” Professor McCulley said.

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"This thing does, in fact, stink to high heaven," agreed former Atlanta medical examiner's office senior investigator, Joseph Scott Morgan.

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In brief, the results stink to high heaven.

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The room was soon set to rights, but it’s a well-known fact that cat puddles stink to high heaven.

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“But Tata Boanda has to give it away, because fish won’t keep. If you don’t get rid of it, it’s just going to rot and stink to high heaven.”

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