Feeling that something is not right
realize that something is not as supposed to be
suspect that something wrong is happening
I don’t think those burgers are fresh. I smell a rat when I see colors of them.
I smelt a rat when I check online about that company.
When I heard that Obama wins Peace Nobel prize, I smell a rat.
There is no origin for this idiom
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