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1 smell a rat
(to have a feeling that something is not as it should be; to have suspicions.) μυρίζομαι βρωμοδουλειά -
2 rat
1. noun1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) αρουραίος2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) μπαμπέσης, μασκαράς2. verb1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) σπάζω2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) ρουφιανεύω, καρφώνω•- rat race- smell a rat
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smell a rat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. * /Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat./ * /When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat./ … Dictionary of American idioms
smell a rat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. * /Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat./ * /When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat./ … Dictionary of American idioms
smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you … The small dictionary of idiomes
smell a rat — ► smell a rat informal suspect trickery. Main Entry: ↑smell … English terms dictionary
smell a rat — phrasal : to have a suspicion of something wrong * * * smell a rat To have a suspicion that something is afoot • • • Main Entry: ↑rat smell a rat see under ↑rat1 • • • Main Entry: ↑smell * * * smell a rat … Useful english dictionary
smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say I smell a rat means that you suspect that something is wrong, or that someone is doing something … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
smell\ a\ rat — v. phr. informal To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat. When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat … Словарь американских идиом
smell a rat — tv. to suspect that something is wrong. □ He smelled a rat the minute he came into the room. □ Keep everything normal. I don’t want her to smell a rat. She has never had a surprise party before … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
smell a rat — verb To sense something suspicious. Oh, are you thereabouts, sir? then I smell a rat, i’faith; but Ill say nothing … Wiktionary
smell a rat — become suspicious I don t know what he is doing but something seems strange and I smell a rat … Idioms and examples
Smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you … Dictionary of English idioms