stink to high heaven

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɪŋk tə haɪ ˈhɛv(ə)n/    美 /ˈstɪŋk tə haɪ ˈhɛv(ə)n/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have a very strong and unpleasant smell. derogatory,slang
    — He could stand snakes, but alligators he disliked. It was the way they dragged their victims underneath the water and buried them, waiting until the corpse became rotten. That was the way they liked their meat—stinking to high heaven. The thought of such a death filled him with dread.
  2. Of a person or situation: to be highly ethically dubious; also, of a person: to be very incompetent. derogatory,figuratively,slang
    — Was it not that I was nauseated by our richest men? By the convicts of riches, who pick up their advantage out of any rubbish, with cold eyes, lewd thoughts; by this rabble that stinks to high heaven; by this gilded, false mob whose fathers have been pickpockets or carrion birds or ragpickers— [...]

词形变化

stinks to high heaven present,singular,third-person stinking to high heaven participle,present stank to high heaven past stunk to high heaven past stunk to high heaven participle,past

词源

A hyperbole suggesting that a smell is so strong it can even be detected from heaven.
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