Oct 30, 2006 · When I hear the phrase, I think of the (more or less) fresh fish displayed on crushed ice in the open-air market. Before buying one, you would be well advised to pick it up, open the gill and give a good sniff. If it stinks, don't buy it. As Hockey13 said, that would mean it was truly rotten.

Dec 17, 2011 · The deal “totally stinks,” according to Republican Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno. Last ...

Oct 3, 2014 · One of the characters said, and I quote "Stinks of meat". The context of such event is that two characters just kissed and one of them had had a burger prior to their encounter. Anyway, my grammatical concern is regarding the use of the preposition "of" as to me it'd sound way better to use "like" instead, such as "sth stinks like sth".

Jan 16, 2017 · 'It stinks of - ' is an idiom usually used to mean that there is a strong suggestion of something bad going on; the image is of rotten food that smells bad. 'This story about awarding the contracts stinks of bribery'. 'The list of people appointed to these high positions stinks of nepotism'. I have no idea what 'onboarders' might be.

Dec 15, 2016 · 1.This cabbage stinks. 2.This cabbage smells terrible. 3.This cabbage has a terrible odour. 4.This cabbage gives off a terrible ordour. (a) My first question is that all of the sentences above carry almost the same meaning or not? can I use present progressive like "This cabbage is stinking", If not then explain the reason?

Feb 12, 2016 · your breath stinks: muchas muchas opciones, siempre con la intención de no ser muy educado. Uno fuerte: parece que cagas por la boca. Normales: tu aliento apesta, tienes un aliento asqueroso, te huele el aliento a prodrido

Oct 30, 2011 · Do you mean when is the first recorded usage of this expression? Otherwise, it seems a strange question to me because there is nothing cryptic or obscure about the expression for it to have some kind of unknown "origin", it's just a slightly humorous turn of phrase.

Jun 1, 2020 · They're both used to mean that something (in this case, life) is bad or unpleasant, but "sucks" is generally regarded as slang.

Aug 17, 2016 · Which one of the following self-made sentences sounds more natural to describe a place where stinks badly: 1- It stinks to high heaven here. 2- It stinks very much here. 3- Here stinks very much. For me, only #3 sounds odd, because of the time adverb placement.

May 16, 2008 · Come si dice "it stinks in here", forse "puzza qui". Ce ne bisogna una preposizione? Legnoduro Put the word or phrase in the title when asking a...