Idiom
smell a rat
Meaning
To sense something suspicious.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I smell a rat when he avoids my questions.”
“The accountant smelled a rat when the numbers didn't add up, so she checked them twice.”
“Though the deal seemed generous, the experienced lawyer smelled a rat and insisted on reading every clause before his client signed.”
Examples
simple
“I smell a rat when he avoids my questions.”
contextual
“The accountant smelled a rat when the numbers didn't add up, so she checked them twice.”
complex
“Though the deal seemed generous, the experienced lawyer smelled a rat and insisted on reading every clause before his client signed.”
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