kick up a stink

kick up a stink
разг.-фам.
(kick up (make или raise) a (big) stink (about smth.))
устроить бучу, поднять дикий скандал (по поводу чего-л.) [первонач. амер.]

Whatever the explanation, we were being made the goats. So we all raised a stink and demanded a chance to be heard. (M. Wilson, ‘Live with Lightning’, book III, ch. I) — Как бы то ни было, но из нас хотели сделать козлов отпущения. Тогда мы подняли бучу и потребовали, чтобы нас выслушали.

‘But Farrish wants his leaflet,’ he repeated. ‘He can't have it,’ said Willoughby. ‘If we do it, SHAEF is going to raise the biggest stink ever.’ (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book I, ch. 2) — - Но Фарриш требует листовку, - повторил он. - Это невозможно, - сказал Уиллоуби. - Если мы ее выпустим, союзное командование устроит нам дикий скандал.

The way I met her, this Doberman pinscher she had used to come over and relieve himself on our lawn, and my mother got very irritated about it. She called up Jane's mother and made a big stink about it. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XI) — А познакомился я с Джейн потому, что их доберман-пинчер всегда бегал в наш палисадник и там гадил, а мою мать это страшно раздражало. Она позвонила матери Джейн и подняла страшный шум.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • kick up a stink — If you kick up a stink, you display anger about something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • kick up a stink — kick up a ˈfuss, ˈstink, etc. idiom (informal) to complain loudly about sth • They ll usually give you your money back if you threaten to kick up a stink. Main entry: ↑kickidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • kick up a stink — British, informal, American, informal to complain angrily about something that you are not satisfied with. He kicked up a stink at the restaurant because the meal was late …   New idioms dictionary

  • kick up a stink — to complain loudly in order to show that you are very annoyed about something. Our food was cold so my father kicked up a fuss and refused to pay the service charge …   New idioms dictionary

  • kick up a fuss — (or a stink) informal object loudly or publicly to something * * * kick up a ˈfuss, ˈstink, etc. idiom (informal) to complain loudly about sth • They ll usually give you your money back if you threaten to kick up a stink …   Useful english dictionary

  • stink — 1 past tense stank, past participle stunk verb (I) 1 to have a strong and very unpleasant smell: That paint stinks! (+ of): The place stank of old fish. | it stinks: It stinks of smoke in here. | stink to high heaven (=stink very much) 2 it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • stink — I UK [stɪŋk] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms stink : present tense I/you/we/they stink he/she/it stinks present participle stinking past tense stank UK [stæŋk] / US or stunk UK [stʌŋk] / US past participle stunk informal 1) to smell very… …   English dictionary

  • stink — /stɪŋk / (say stingk) verb (i) (stank or stunk, stinking) 1. to emit a strong offensive smell. 2. to be in extremely bad repute or disfavour. 3. Colloquial to be very inferior in quality. –noun 4. a strong offensive smell; stench. 5. Colloquial …  

  • stink —  1. n. Unpleasant or scandalous revelation.  2. kick up a stink Make a great fuss.  3. v. Be obnoxious, unacceptable.  4. like stink Very fast, energetically.  5. stink of money Be very rich …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • Stink — 1. be very inferior in quality; 2. commotion; fuss; scandal: kick up a stink …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • stink — Australian Slang 1. be very inferior in quality; 2. commotion; fuss; scandal: kick up a stink …   English dialects glossary


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