smell a rat

释义

1. 怀疑事情不妙；感觉情况不对

   to suspect that sth is wrong about a situation

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• Turns out that funny smell was rat poison.Ratatouille2007
• Oh, my God! It smells like a dead rat!Widows2018
• - I smell a rat. - I smell something, too.Way Out West1937

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