| 词组 | smell fishy |
| 释义 | smell fishy Theme: SUSPICION in. to seem suspicious.Barlowe squinted a bit. Something smells fishy here, he thought.Something about the deal smelled fishy. Idiom smell fishy 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. smell fishyTo seem suspicious of being improper, untoward, or duplicitous. A: "Their numbers don't match up with the taxes they've paid." B: "Hmm, something smells fishy." He thought Janet's response seemed a bit fishy, so he did a bit of investigation into her role in the company. smell fishyto seem suspicious. Barlowe squinted a bit. Something smells fishy here, he thought. something about the deal smelled fishy—too good to be true. 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 fishy in. to seem suspicious. (see also fishy.) Marlowe squinted a bit. Something smells fishy here, he thought. smell fishy, toTo be suspect. This term, which refers to the fact that fresh fish do not smell but stale or rotten ones do, has been around since the early nineteenth century. J. G. Holland explained it explicitly (Everyday Topics, 1876): “Fish is good, but fishy is always bad.” The metaphor turns up in James Payn’s Confidential Agent (1880): “His French is very fishy.” |
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