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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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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