smell to high heaven

Related to smell to high heaven: come up smelling like a rose

smell to high heaven

1. To have a very strong unpleasant scent. Can you take this trash out? It smells to high heaven. Ugh, something in this refrigerator smells to high heaven!

2. To be or seem extremely disreputable, suspicious, or corrupt. This deal between the company and the mayor's office smells to high heaven, if you ask me. This town smelled to high heaven before I came in and brought some law and order to it.

smell to (high) heaven

1. Go to stink to high heaven.

2. Fig. to give signals that cause suspicion. This deal is messed up. It smells to high heaven. something's wrong here. Somebody blabbed. This setup smells to high heaven.

smell/stink to high ˈheaven

(informal)
1 have a very strong and unpleasant smell: When was the last time you cleaned the dog kennel? It stinks to high heaven.
2 seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable: This whole deal stinks to high heaven. I’m sure somebody was bribed.

smell to heaven

verb

See smell to high heaven

smell to (high) heaven

1. in. to smell very bad. This kitchen smells to high heaven. What besides garlic are you cooking?

2. in. to give signals that cause suspicion. Something’s wrong here. Somebody blabbed. This setup smells to high heaven.

smell to high heaven, to

To stink; to be thoroughly contemptible, dishonest, or in very bad repute. Heaven in this term alludes to a great distance; if something that far away can be smelled, it must smell very strong indeed. Shakespeare may have originated the metaphor. “O! my offence is rank, it smells to heaven,” says the King in Hamlet (3.3), “It hath the primal eldest curse on’t; A brother’s murder!”

词组	smell to high heaven
释义	smell to high heaven Related to smell to high heaven: come up smelling like a rose smell to high heaven 1. To have a very strong unpleasant scent. Can you take this trash out? It smells to high heaven. Ugh, something in this refrigerator smells to high heaven! 2. To be or seem extremely disreputable, suspicious, or corrupt. This deal between the company and the mayor's office smells to high heaven, if you ask me. This town smelled to high heaven before I came in and brought some law and order to it. See also: heaven, high, smell Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. smell to (high) heaven 1. Go to stink to high heaven. 2. Fig. to give signals that cause suspicion. This deal is messed up. It smells to high heaven. something's wrong here. Somebody blabbed. This setup smells to high heaven. See also: heaven, smell McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. smell/stink to high ˈheaven (informal) 1 have a very strong and unpleasant smell: When was the last time you cleaned the dog kennel? It stinks to high heaven. 2 seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable: This whole deal stinks to high heaven. I’m sure somebody was bribed. See also: heaven, high, smell, stink Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary smell to heaven verb See smell to high heaven See also: heaven, smell smell to (high) heaven 1. in. to smell very bad. This kitchen smells to high heaven. What besides garlic are you cooking? 2. in. to give signals that cause suspicion. Something’s wrong here. Somebody blabbed. This setup smells to high heaven. See also: heaven, high, smell McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions smell to high heaven, to To stink; to be thoroughly contemptible, dishonest, or in very bad repute. Heaven in this term alludes to a great distance; if something that far away can be smelled, it must smell very strong indeed. Shakespeare may have originated the metaphor. “O! my offence is rank, it smells to heaven,” says the King in Hamlet (3.3), “It hath the primal eldest curse on’t; A brother’s murder!” See also: high, smell The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: smell to heaven smell to high heaven, to smell/stink to high heaven stink to high heaven have a high opinion of (someone or something) be as high as a kite in heaven high gear move heaven and earth move heaven and earth, to
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