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idiomsth smells fishy(also sth seems, sounds etc fishy)used in order to say that you do not believe a story or think that a situation is what it seems to be, and that you think something wrong or illegal is happening:This whole thing is beginning to smell bloody fishy - first he says he's a doctor, then a government official. I think we should check his story.The latest proposal, to split the cost of the stadium between the City and the Giants, sounds fishy to me.smell sth fishy: Tenants first smelled something fishy when their landlord disappeared and didn't leave a forwarding address. —see also smell a rat
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