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Faunamorphs & Floramorphs

A Lexicon Drawn from the Natural World

To smell a rat

Home The Lexicon To smell a rat

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To smell a rat

Definition

To suspect dishonesty or something suspicious.

Language

English

Type

Faunamorph

Subcategory

Rodents

Grammatical Subcategory

Nouns: Things/Terms/Labels

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