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Smell A Rat – English Flashcard for Smell A Rat

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Smell a rat

Smell a rat (idiom)

to sense that something wrong, unpleasant, dishonest or troublesome is going to happen:

John realized that the guests had been whispering vaguely about a blatant incident before he smelled a rat.

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