Practicing Success
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. I always smell a rat when John says that he is going out for extra classes. |
Suspect trickery or deception Reveal a secret Trust completely Say something stupid |
Suspect trickery or deception |
The most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom "smell a rat" in the given sentence is suspect trickery or deception. The idiom "smell a rat" is used to describe someone who has a feeling that something is wrong or suspicious. In the given sentence, the speaker is saying that they always suspect that John is lying when he says that he is going out for extra classes. The other options are not as appropriate meanings for the idiom "smell a rat":
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