terça-feira, 11 de setembro de 2007

Slang 1


Stink to High Heaven


Definition: To be disgusting or very low quality.


Examples:

1) That room stinks to high heaven.

2) Most of his books stink to high heaven -- they're just terrible!


Etymology: If something 'stinks', it smells bad. 'High heaven' refers to the clouds up in the sky. The idea here is that something is so bad, either to the nose or to the mind, that even the angels who live way up in the clouds are offended.

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