smell a rat

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛl ə ˈɹæt/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: mít zlou předtuchu — to sense something suspicious
• Czech: tušit zradu — to sense something suspicious
• Danish: der er ugler i mosen — to sense something suspicious
• Finnish: haistaa palaneen käryä — to sense something suspicious
• Finnish: epäilyttää — to sense something suspicious
• French: y avoir anguille sous roche — to sense something suspicious
• German: den Braten riechen — to sense something suspicious
• German: Lunte riechen — to sense something suspicious
• Italian: gatta ci cova — to sense something suspicious
• Italian: mangiare la foglia — to sense something suspicious
• Italian: farsi furbo — to sense something suspicious
• Italian: sentire puzza di bruciato — to sense something suspicious
• Norwegian Bokmål: ane ugler i mosen — to sense something suspicious
• Polish: czuć pismo nosem — to sense something suspicious
• Portuguese: cheirar a esturro — to sense something suspicious
• Portuguese: ter caroço nesse angu — to sense something suspicious
• Portuguese: haver gato (aqui) — to sense something suspicious
• Spanish: oler a gato encerrado — to sense something suspicious
• Spanish: haber gato encerrado — to sense something suspicious
• Spanish: olerse la tostada — to sense something suspicious
• Swedish: ana ugglor i mossen — to sense something suspicious
• Turkish: bityeniği sezmek — to sense something suspicious
• Turkish: hile kokusu almak — to sense something suspicious
• Turkish: kuşkulanmak — to sense something suspicious