smell wrong/fishy/odd etcinformalSEEM to seem dishonest or untrue 似乎不对劲/靠不住/奇怪等 The whole thing is beginning to smell fishy to me. 我开始感到这整件事有点可疑。
smell wrong/fishy/odd etc• And then you go out with some other woman and she smells wrong.• Why does fish usually smell fishy?• The Adkinsons' neighbors smelled wrong in the air, but pinched their noses closed and kept to themselves.• So, in short, if a fish smells fishy it is an indication that it is going off.
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