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smell fishy

verb smells fishy · smelling fishy · smelled fishy · smelt fishy

  1. idiomatic, informal To seem suspicious.

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Españololer a pólvora, oler a chamusquina, oler a cuerno quemado, dar mala espina
Portuguêscheirar a esturro
Françaispuer, sentir l'arnaque, y avoir anguille sous roche
Deutschspanisch vorkommen

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@misc{smell_fishy_2026,
  title = {smell fishy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smell%20fishy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}