raise a stink (about something)
To be very vocal in one's displeasure about something; to make a scene. My mom raised a stink when the store refused to accept her return without a receipt. One of the customers is raising a stink about the service charge we included on his bill.
raise a (big) stink
(about someone or something) Go to make a (big) stink (about someone or something).
raise a stink
(about something) Go to create a stink (about something).
kick up/make/create/raise a ˈstink (about something)
(informal) show that you are angry about a situation, often by protesting in public: He kicked up a stink about the noise from the new nightclub, writing to all the papers and complaining to the council.raise a stink
verbSee raise a stink about someone/something