Usage of "smell a rat"

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Usage of smell a rat in English

Sir, I smell a rat with President Clinton's values and public relations. 
 The Irish Times 

And right then and there, Ben Holiday began to smell a rat. 
 The Black Unicorn 

If I were the spy, I might begin to smell a rat. 
 For the love of mike 

But I sort of smell a rat in those papers in your pocket. 
 Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast 

I smell a rat; this stolen child, then, was no other than Paul. 
 Paul Clifford — Volume 07 

The only man who seemed to smell a rat was that young Dimsdale. 
 The Firm of Girdlestone 

Now get off as quick as we can before porters smell a rat. 
 A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa 

There was always the possibility, of course, that they would smell a rat. 
 Misery 

And you're telling me that those people didn't smell a rat? 
 And Then There Were None 

The doctor began to smell a rat, and fell vigorously to minding the fire. 
 Life in the Clearings versus the Bush 

He'd smell a rat very quick if he was ordered not to see Baggs. 
 The Spinners 

I'm beginning to smell a rat, that's what I am! 
 At Whispering Pine Lodge 

Nothing concrete, but I've been in this business long enough to smell a rat. 
 American assassin 

I don't answer, as I'm still undecided as to whether I smell a rat. 
 WATER FOR ELEPHANT 

Neither the freshman congressman nor his staff smell a rat. 
 Reuters 

But if you gave it to the buggers-they'reso cheap they'd smell a rat! 
 King Rat 

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Meanings of smell a rat in English