English Explanatory Dictionary

stink on ice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.

Pronunciation

En-au-stink on ice.ogg

Word forms

stink on ice stinks on ice stinking on ice stank on ice stunk on ice

Etymology

From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.

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