smell fishy
To seem suspiciousTo seem suspicious.
» Her mother must have smelled something fishy.
Ihre Mutter muss etwas Verdächtiges bemerkt haben. — al_ex_an_der
Ihre Mutter muss den Braten gerochen haben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Её мать, должно быть, почуяла что-то неладное. — sharptoothed
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1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To seem suspicious.
spanisch vorkommen
Examples
6 sentencesHer mother must have smelled something fishy.
ruЕё мать, должно быть, почуяла что-то неладное. — sharptoothed
deIhre Mutter muss etwas Verdächtiges bemerkt haben. — al_ex_an_der
It smells fishy.
"This smells fishy to me," I said to him.
If something smells fishy, make a break for it!
It smells fishy to me.
ruНе нравится мне всё это. — odexed
Translations
5 languagesForms
smells fishy, smelling fishy, smelled fishy, smelled fishy| Base form | smell fishy · to smell fishy |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | smells fishy |
| Present participle | smelling fishy |
| Past simple | smelled fishy / smelt fishy |
| Past participle | smelled fishy / smelt fishy |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.