「smell a rat」是常見用法嗎?
母語人士的回答
Rebecca
當有人說:「I smell a rat」,可用於表示某人覺得事有蹊蹺。也可暗指讓人起疑的人事物。「rat」作為俚語意思是卑鄙小人、騙子。 例:Our secret recipe got leaked to our competitor. I smell a rat.(我們的秘密配方被洩漏給兢爭對手。這事不對勁。) 例:The engineer was suspected of being a rat by his coworkers.(這名工程師被他的同事認為是洩密者。)