stink like a mackerel (English, verb)
expansion: stink like a mackerel (third-person singular simple present stinks like a mackerel, present participle stinking like a mackerel, simple past stank like a mackerel, past participle stunk like a mackerel)
Senses:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To reek; to smell terrible.
qualifier: simile
glosses: To smell fishy, to stink to high heaven (to look extremely suspicious or unconvincing).
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: stinks like a mackerel
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stinking like a mackerel
tags: participle
present
form: stank like a mackerel
tags: past
form: stunk like a mackerel
tags: participle
past