make a stink (about something)
To be very vocal in one's displeasure about something; to make a scene. My mom made a stink when the store refused to accept her return without a receipt. One of the customers is making a stink about the service charge we included on his bill.
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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.
make a stink
(about something) Go to create a stink (about something).
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make a stink
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.
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kick up/make/create/raise a ˈstink (about something)
(informal) show that you are angry about a situation, often by protesting in public: He kicked up a stink about the noise from the new nightclub, writing to all the papers and complaining to the council.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
make a stink
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