smell trouble/danger etcPREDICTto feel that something is going to happen, especially something bad 感到有麻烦/有危险等 Miller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was. 她一说她是谁，米勒就感觉到有麻烦了。
smell trouble/danger etc• You seem to smell danger and taste excitement and, as television has no smell or taste, that is powerful evocation.• Müller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was.
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