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to start to believe that something is wrong about a situation, especially that someone is being dishonest
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What does the expression to smell a rat?
the rat is a snitch, so to smell a rat means that u think there is a snitch
I smell a rat?
i smell a rat is an idiom which means to dectect, suspect or to find the tricks of some on. Ex. I smell a rat of JOHN against Shaun.
What does colloquial expression to smell a rot mean?
"To smell a rat" means to feel strongly that there is something suspicious, underhanded or illegal going on around you.
How do you say smell a rat in french?
Odeur d'un rat
Is rat smell bad for girls?
No
Can a rat smell?
Of course, it has a nose.
Can you make a sentence on to smell a rat?
The expression 'smell a rat' means that the speaker believes there is something unacceptable in a situation that looks acceptable on its face. Example sentence: The client claims that the fire was an accident, but I smell a rat; his complete coin collection was safe in the trunk of his car.
What does rat race mean in the outsiders?
Term used for an endless self-defeating.
What is the simple past tense of you smell a rat in the matter?
You smelled a rat in the matter.
What does the idiom you smell a rat mean?
To "Smell a rat" means that you think "something is fishy", or that "there is something rotten in the state of Denmark." In other words, you think that something, usually slightly evil, is happening, but there is no observable proof of it.To "smell a rat" is to sense that something is not quite right in a situation. You hear this idiom most often when someone is telling you something that you suspect is a lie or not quite all the truth. Joe said that this stock would make us rich, but I smell a rat.To Smell a Rat - something about someone's story that isn't right. An intuition that something isn't right."I smell a rat" means that you are suspicious of something. For example, if you said, "I smell a rat when she talks to me," it means you feel an ulterior motive behind the reason she is talking to you and that perhaps she is up to something.
Did Patrick Henry say you smell a rat?
no
What does duck in the hedge mean?
it means theres somthing here that dosnt add up. like the expression "smell a rat"
