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Discover LudwigThe phrase "something smells fishy" is a correct and common expression in written English.
It is typically used to suggest that there is something suspicious or not quite right about a situation. Example: "I don't trust our new neighbor. Every time I see him, something just smells fishy."
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If something smells fishy — it's Gonnerman's.
"Residents of Massachusetts are used to spending time near the ocean; we know when something smells fishy".
In this translation by Vered Almog and Maya Gurantz, there are some truly awkward lines, as when Pesach tells Tamar: "This whole time, something smells fishy about you.
They know when something smells fishy, because they've worked that beat for so long.
What he meant: "Something smells fishy".
We aren't sure, but something smells fishy.
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Something smelled fishy.
But something smelled fishy.
I bought a jar of fish-oil capsules that the label said were "odorless," but when I opened the jar at home, something smelled fishy.
To Krug and his colleagues, something smelled fishy: They suspected that Getty was systematically shaking down small blogs who couldn't push back.
Clearly something smelled fishy here.
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