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The phrase "something was fishy" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to express suspicion or doubt about a situation or explanation. Example: "I could tell there was something fishy about my friend's sudden change in behavior."
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The judge still thought something was fishy.
Something was fishy, and South concluded that West was producing the odor.
I'm thinking that we would start to notice something was fishy if it came within about 1000 light years of our solar system.
"I thought something was fishy from the get-go," Laurie said, adding that Rosanna was "blinded" by love.
Thomas Goodwin, who pitches for his own Bronx team, figured that something was fishy when he learned about the speed of Danny Almonte's fastball.
It is hard to imagine that Motorola did not understand something was fishy when a customer asked to pay extra for its product, and then get the money funneled back to it.
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Something was fishy--or more precisely, phishy.
And Judea Pearl, Daniel's father, said, "Something is fishy.
Fortunately, Judge Harry Seymour Crump seems to recognize that something is fishy.
Oh, and something is fishy with the last top diplomat's disappearance.
Edward G. Robinson is the suspicious claims investigator who knows something is fishy but doesn't know who's responsible.
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