stink to high heaven

Idioms  

1. 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]

---

Example Sentences

As of Tuesday night, they stink to high heaven.

From Slate • May 9, 2018

But the copycats are coming, and if previous cinematic trends are any indication, a lot of them are going to stink to high heaven.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2016

In the coming years this is going to stink to high heaven – and we're all going to smell it.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2010

Katherine and I both stink to high heaven, and I can’t expect that a man of God will want to tolerate our stench any more than we do.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The room was soon set to rights, but it’s a well-known fact that cat puddles stink to high heaven.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank