smell a rat

Verb

 * 1)  To sense something suspicious.
 * 2) * 1873 July 19 – 1874 January 10,, “The Prime Minister is Hard Pressed”, in , London; New York, N.Y.: George Routledge and Sons, December 1874, , page 335:
 * Mr. Gresham, when he heard this, thought that he began to smell a rat, and was determined to be on his guard.
 * 1) * 1873 July 19 – 1874 January 10,, “The Prime Minister is Hard Pressed”, in , London; New York, N.Y.: George Routledge and Sons, December 1874, , page 335:
 * Mr. Gresham, when he heard this, thought that he began to smell a rat, and was determined to be on his guard.

Translations

 * Czech: mít zlou předtuchu, tušit zradu
 * Finnish: haistaa palaneen käryä,
 * French: (there’s an eel under the rock )
 * German:
 * Italian: gatta ci cova (the cat is hiding something), mangiare la foglia, farsi furbo, sentire puzza di bruciato
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ane ugler i mosen
 * Polish: czuć pismo nosem
 * Spanish: oler a gato encerrado, haber gato encerrado, olerse la tostada
 * Swedish: (to sense owls in the marsh)
 * Turkish: bityeniği sezmek, hile kokusu almak,