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smell a rat

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smell a rat
to suspect that something is wrong; to sense that someone has caused something wrong. I don't think this was an accident. I smell a rat. Bob had something to do with this. The minute I came in, I smelled a rat. Sure enough, I had been robbed.
See also: rat, smell
smell a rat
to start to believe that something is wrong about a situation, especially that someone is being dishonest She smelled a rat when she phoned him at the office where he was supposed to be working late and he wasn't there.
See also: rat, smell
smell a rat
to believe something is wrong When my husband started working late three or four times a week, I smelled a rat.
See also: rat, smell


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