stink like a mackerel

Verb

figuratively

Japanese Meaning

非常に臭う、嫌なにおいを放つ / （比喩的に）非常に不審な、または信頼のおけない印象を与える

When he came back from the harbor, his coat began to stink like a mackerel.

港から戻ってきたとき、彼のコートは鯖のようにひどく臭い始めた。

Sense（1）

(simile) To reek; to smell terrible.

Sense（2）

(simile, figuratively) To smell fishy, to stink to high heaven (to look extremely suspicious or unconvincing)

In summary, I think that the waterfront situation "stinks like a mackerel in the hot sunlight."

stinks like a mackerel

（ present singular third-person ）

stinking like a mackerel

（ participle present ）

stank like a mackerel

（ past ）

stunk like a mackerel

（ participle past ）