stink on ice

verb

To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.

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Meanings

verbstink on ice (third-person singular simple present stinks on ice, present participle stinking on ice, simple past stank on ice, past participle stunk on ice)

present singular third person stinks on ice · participle present stinking on ice · past stank on ice · participle past stunk on ice

  1. colloquialidiomaticTo be of very poor quality, even repulsive.

Origin

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

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stink on ice,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stink%20on%20ice.

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