smell a rat
/ˌsmel ə ˈræt/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
事有蹊蹺
字面意思: «聞到一隻老鼠»
意思
to suspect that something is dishonest or misleading
覺得有欺騙或不對勁的地方.
例句
- 1I smelt a rat when the seller refused to show me the bicycle.
- 2That message asks for my password, so I smell a rat.
- 3The competition demanded a fee before awarding my prize; I smelt a rat and reported it.
- 4Wouldn't you smell a rat if every review used the same words and appeared on the same day?
- 5The supposedly new laptop had someone else's photos on it; Maya smelled a rat and questioned the seller.
文法
只有 smell 變化:smelled 或英式的 smelt。a rat 保持單數。
意思相近
「動物」主題的更多慣用語
本主題全部 20 個慣用語與測驗 →