smell 成语
smell a rat
smell blood
take time to smell the roses
wake up and smell the coffee
ferret/smell out
The murderer was ferreted out．凶手被查获了。
John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library．约翰在图书馆找到了问题的答案。
Where did you ferret out my book？I lost it long ago．你从哪儿找到我这本书的？它已丢失好长时间了。
Jane smelled out the boy's secret hiding place in the woods．简发现了这男孩在树林里的秘密隐藏处。
smell of
He smells of strong tobacco．他身上有一股浓烈的烟草味。
The whole affair smells of plotting．这整个事件都含有阴谋。
smell out
The trackerdog soon smelt the murderer out．警犬很快就跟踪查出了凶手。
We succeeded in smelling out the plot．我们成功地侦破了那起阴谋。
He says he can smell out trouble before it starts．他说他能在麻烦事发生之前察觉出来。
The murderer was ferreted out．凶手被查获了。
John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library．约翰在图书馆找到了问题的答案。
Where did you ferret out my book？I lost it long ago．你从哪儿找到我这本书的？它已丢失好长时间了。
Jane smelled out the boy's secret hiding place in the woods．简发现了这男孩在树林里的秘密隐藏处。
come up smelling like roses
Idiom(s): come up smelling like rosesTheme: SUCCESS
to end up looking good or respectable after being involved in some difficult or notorious affair.
• It was a nasty political campaign, but both candidates came up smelling like roses.
• I was not surprised that my congressional representative came up smelling like roses after his colleagues investigated him.
Come up smelling of roses
(UK) If someone comes up smelling of roses, they emerge from a situation with their reputation undamaged.Smell Something Fishy
Detecting that something isn't right and there might be a reason for it.it smells fishy
something that is suspicious: "He wants to do all the housework for you? That smells fishy to me!"A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.
What a thing is called is unimportant compared to what it really is.come up smelling like a rose|come|rose|smell|smell
v. phr. To escape from a difficult situation or misdeed unscathed or without punishment. A is predicted that Congressman Brown, in spite of the current investigation into his financial affairs, will come up smelling like a rose at the end.smell a rat|rat|smell
v. phr., informal To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I'm beginning to smell a rat. When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat.smell up|smell
v., informal To make a bad smell. A skunk smelled up our yard last night. Mr. Brodsky's cigar smelled up the living room.smell
smellIn addition to the idioms beginning with smell, also see come up roses; stink to high heaven.
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- smell a rat
- smell fishy
- smell to high heaven
- smell up
smell fishy
smell fishyBe suspect or suspicious, as in His explanation definitely smells fishy; my guess is that he's lying. This idiom alludes to the fact that fresh fish have no odor but stale or rotten ones do. [Early 1800s]
smell to high heaven
smell to high heavensee stink to high heaven.
smell up
smell upAlso, stink up. Cause a bad odor, as in These onions smell up the whole house, or Your old sneakers are stinking up the closet; throw them out. [Mid-1900s]
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