big stink
Example Sentences
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“We were just having a conversion because obviously there was a big stink that was made out of it last year, right?”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022
On my way to check out the big stink in Carson, I felt like I was driving into a storm of environmental hazards.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
He said a few fans “make a big stink out there — a few knuckleheads who wreck it.”
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2021
Emma’s friends made a big stink about it and told people it was time to kick Morgan out of their circles.
From The Verge • Feb. 21, 2018
My mother can make a very big stink about that kind of stuff.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
