smell a rat
Example Sentences
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“You can kind of smell a rat when it comes to those things,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2022
“You can smell a rat when it comes to those things,” he said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022
Google says it’s part of a “long-standing policy” against creating games that take advantage of “sensitive events,” but some employees smell a rat.
From The Verge • Oct. 16, 2019
Pilger said that she would often call him, early in the morning, after hearing of a military operation or a surgical air strike somewhere and say, “ ‘I smell a rat.’
From The New Yorker • Sep. 18, 2019
I don’t answer, as I’m still undecided as to whether I smell a rat.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
