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smell a rat

[smell a rat] {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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

smell up

[smell up] {v.}, {informal} To make a bad smell. * /A skunk smelled up our yard last night./ * /Mr. Brodsky's cigar smelled up the living room./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

smell out

[smell out] See: [FERRET OUT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

make one's mouth water

[make one's mouth water] {v. phr.} 1. To look or smell very good; make you want very much to eat or drink something you see or smell. * /The pies […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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