- smell a rat
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To sense something suspicious.
Oh, are you thereabouts, sir? then I smell a rat, i’faith; but Ill say nothing.
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smell a rat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. * /Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat./ * /When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat./ … Dictionary of American idioms
smell a rat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. * /Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat./ * /When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat./ … Dictionary of American idioms
smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you … The small dictionary of idiomes
smell a rat — ► smell a rat informal suspect trickery. Main Entry: ↑smell … English terms dictionary
smell a rat — phrasal : to have a suspicion of something wrong * * * smell a rat To have a suspicion that something is afoot • • • Main Entry: ↑rat smell a rat see under ↑rat1 • • • Main Entry: ↑smell * * * smell a rat … Useful english dictionary
smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say I smell a rat means that you suspect that something is wrong, or that someone is doing something … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
smell\ a\ rat — v. phr. informal To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat. When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat … Словарь американских идиом
smell a rat — tv. to suspect that something is wrong. □ He smelled a rat the minute he came into the room. □ Keep everything normal. I don’t want her to smell a rat. She has never had a surprise party before … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
smell a rat — become suspicious I don t know what he is doing but something seems strange and I smell a rat … Idioms and examples
Smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you … Dictionary of English idioms
