stink on ice
stink on ice
To be exceptionally rotten, repulsive, or poor. From the idea of meat stinking with rot even when kept cold on ice. This is a travesty for everyone involved. The whole situation just stinks on ice. I knew the plan stank on ice the moment the boss began describing it.
See also: ice, on, stink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stink on ice
Sl. to be really rotten. (so rotten as to reek even when frozen.) This show stinks on ice. The whole idea stank on ice.
See also: ice, on, stink
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
stink on ice
in. to be really rotten, bad, poorly done, or repellent. (So rotten as to reek even when frozen.) This show stinks on ice.
See also: ice, on, stink
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- be stinking rich
- stinking
- stinking rich
- rotten
- a whale of a
- rotten luck
- you crumb
- flasher
- to the core
- stink with