smell to high heaven

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Magistrate Peter Abeles fined Harry Marrin $250, sent him to jail for five days � because "your transactions in the onion black market smell to high heaven."

From Time Magazine Archive

By comparison with what we know could be done, we smell to high heaven.

From Time Magazine Archive