English Dictionary

stink like a mackerel

動詞

比喩的用法

(simile) To reek; to smell terrible. / (simile, figuratively) To smell fishy, to stink to high heaven (to look extremely suspicious or unconvincing)

日本語の意味

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。

意味（1）

(simile) To reek; to smell terrible.

意味（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 ）