idiomtorecognizethat something is not as itappearsto be or that somethingdishonestishappening:发觉有可疑之处,感到其中有诈He's beenworkinglate with her everynightthisweek- Ismellarat!他这周每天晚上总是和她一起工作到很晚——我觉得很可疑!SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSuspecting & questioning
ask
ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
call into questionidiom
challenge
cynical
cynically
cynicism
doubt
doubter
doubting Thomas
fisking
misgiving
niggle
oppugn
qualm
reserve
self-doubt
skeptic
suspicion
suspicious
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smell a rat
idiomtobelievesomething iswrong:When I got ane-mailaskingfor mypassword, I should havesmelledarat.(Definition ofsmell a ratfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/smell-a-rat##