"smell fishy" meaning in All languages combined

See smell fishy on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: smells fishy [present, singular, third-person], smelling fishy [participle, present], smelled fishy [participle, past], smelled fishy [past], smelt fishy [participle, past], smelt fishy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=smelt fishy}} smell fishy (third-person singular simple present smells fishy, present participle smelling fishy, simple past and past participle smelled fishy or smelt fishy)
  1. To seem suspicious Related terms: stink like a mackerel Translations (Translations): esti suspektinda (Esperanto), olla koira haudattuna (Finnish), puer (French), sentir l’arnaque (French), y avoir anguille sous roche (French), spanisch vorkommen (German), but see coś się święci (Polish), cheirar a esturro (Portuguese), oler a pólvora (Spanish), oler a chamusquina (Spanish), oler a cuerno quemado (Spanish), dar mala espina (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "y avoir anguille sous roche"
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      "word": "spanisch vorkommen"
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