Smelling Onions Edit Meaning

1.

to make a face like you've smelled something bad in response to the presence of a person or something that has been said.

as in:

"I told him to give you a call about the latest deadline so quit smelling onions at me."

or

"I know she doesn't like me, she's always smelling onions when I see her."

See dislike, unhappy, mean, disappointed