Definition of smell something fishy
smell something fishy
verb
- to detect that something is amiss.
I smell something fishy about this contract.
Something smells fishy here.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'fishy': | |
| Definitions include: suspicious. | |
Other terms relating to 'smell': | |
| Definitions include: To express empathy. To express understanding of another person's feelings. | |
| Definitions include: that you understand them. | |
| Definitions include: to understand. | |
| Definitions include: to detect that something is not what it seems. | |
| Definitions include: Used when seeing or detecting the presence of a cop nearby. | |
| Definitions include: "See (one) later", i.e. "Goodbye". | |
| Definitions include: Refers to the smell of an unclean woman's vagina, from wear and tear due to sex or activity. | |
| Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life. | |
| Definitions include: to acknowledge. | |
| Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality. | |
| Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality. | |
Other terms relating to 'something': | |
| Definitions include: to verbalize a previously unspoken problem. | |
| Definitions include: See have on. | |
| Definitions include: now for something completely different | |
| Definitions include: badly. | |
| Definitions include: something good - i.e. worth talking about. | |
| Definitions include: something sexual. | |
| Definitions include: promotional material. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt sexual contact. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex. | |
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