smell to high heaven

Idioms and Phrases

see stink to high heaven .

Example Sentences

“Phew! Dear, dear, don’t you chaps ever take a bath? Listen here, you dreadful creature. D’you realize that you smell to high heaven? Er, by the way, did your parents ever call you Pongo, or did they smell as bad as you?”

From Literature

The Clinton Foundation's dealings, on the other hand, smell to high heaven.

From New York Times

Magistrate Peter Abeles fined Harry Marrin $250, sent him to jail for five days � because "your transactions in the onion black market smell to high heaven."

From Time Magazine Archive

By comparison with what we know could be done, we smell to high heaven.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite their general cleanliness, they often look greasy and smell to high heaven because of their habit of anointing hair and skin with fats and oils, especially fish-oil.

From Project Gutenberg

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