smell a rat

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsmell a ratsmell a ratinformalSUSPECT to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happening → smellExamples from the Corpussmell a rat• She felt that he was beginning to smell a rat.• Suffice to say, we smell a rat.• It is enough to make you smell a rat and be damned for your cynicism.• He could smell a rat, and he knew just how the men had been cheated.• I smell a rat here - I really do.• The investor doesn't start to smell a rat until the payments aren't coming in.• I only began to smell a rat when he couldn't come up with the documents he claimed to have.• We started to smell a rat when they asked for an extra £500 deposit.

单词	smell a rat
释义	smell a rat From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsmell a ratsmell a ratinformalSUSPECT to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happening → smellExamples from the Corpussmell a rat• She felt that he was beginning to smell a rat.• Suffice to say, we smell a rat.• It is enough to make you smell a rat and be damned for your cynicism.• He could smell a rat, and he knew just how the men had been cheated.• I smell a rat here - I really do.• The investor doesn't start to smell a rat until the payments aren't coming in.• I only began to smell a rat when he couldn't come up with the documents he claimed to have.• We started to smell a rat when they asked for an extra £500 deposit.
随便看	put mind at rest put money into put money on put nose out of joint put off put off put off a light put off doing put off doing put off doing something put off the scent put off their stride put off their stroke put offer resistance put on put on a brave face put on a brave face/front put on a brave front put on a drip put on a footing put on a front put on a light put on a pedestal put on a plane etc put on a train etc