informal

if a situation or an explanation smells fishy, it causes you to think that someone is being dishonest.

Webbers's account of what he was doing that evening smells a bit fishy to me.

• throw someone out
• throw someone together
• throw someone to the dogs
• throw someone to the lions
• throw someone to the wolves
• throw something back in face
• throw something back in someone's face
• throw something into the pot
• throw something on the scrap heap
• throw something together
• throw the baby out with the bath water
• throw the book at
• throw the book at someone
• throw together
• throw to the dogs
• throw to the lions
• throw to the wolves
• throw up
• throw up hands
• throw upon mercy
• throw upon someone's mercy
• throw up something
• throw up your hands
• throw weight around
• throw your hat in the ring