knock a dog off a gut wagon

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United StatesRegional (Western/Rural)informalcolloquial
- To describe an odor or condition so potent or offensive that it would figuratively cause a dog to be knocked off a gut wagon (i.e., to faint or become incapacitated).
- To emphasize that a smell or sensation is extremely strong or overpowering.

Examples:

EN: I pulled and yanked on buffalo hides until my guts ached and my clothes were stiff with buffalo grease, and they smelled enough to knock a dog off a gut wagon into a dead faint.
ID: Aku menarik dan menarik kulit kerbau sampai nyali aku sakit dan pakaianku kaku karena minyak kerbau, dan baunya cukup untuk menjatuhkan anjing dari gerobak usus menjadi pingsan.

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