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Phrase(s): make a stink (about something)
Go to create a stink (about something)., Phrase(s): make a (big) stink (about someone or something) [and] raise a (big) stink (about someone or something)
Fig. to make trouble about someone or something. • Why did you raise a big stink about it? • Jim is making a stink about Alice.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, raise a stink. Create a great fuss; complain, criticize, or otherwise make trouble about something. For example, They promised to fix the printer today; you needn't make a stink about it, or The parents were raising a stink about the principal's new rules. This idiom transfers an offensive odor to a public fuss. [Mid-1800s] Also see MAKE A SCENE.
American Heritage Idioms