smell a rat

뜻

to suspect that something is dishonest or misleading

속임수나 수상한 낌새를 눈치채다.

예문

1. 1I smelt a rat when the seller refused to show me the bicycle.
2. 2That message asks for my password, so I smell a rat.
3. 3The competition demanded a fee before awarding my prize; I smelt a rat and reported it.
4. 4Wouldn't you smell a rat if every review used the same words and appeared on the same day?
5. 5The supposedly new laptop had someone else's photos on it; Maya smelled a rat and questioned the seller.

문법

동사 smell만 바뀐다: smelled 또는 영국식 smelt. a rat은 단수로 둔다.

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