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81smell up — verb cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell • Syn: ↑stink up, ↑stink out • Hypernyms: ↑odorize, ↑odourise, ↑scent • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
82smell of the lamp — I. phrasal : to bear marks of study and labor rather than of genius or inspiration : seem artificial to them a discussion of sovereignty in the abstract would have smelt of the lamp C.A.Beard usually used of a literary composition II. phrasal :… …
83smell something a mile off — see, spot, tell, smell, etc. sth a ˈmile off idiom (informal) to see or realize sth very easily and quickly • He s wearing a wig you can see it a mile off. • After twenty years in the police she could smell a liar a mile off. Main entry: ↑ …
84smell up — {v.}, {informal} To make a bad smell. * /A skunk smelled up our yard last night./ * /Mr. Brodsky s cigar smelled up the living room./ …
85smell up — {v.}, {informal} To make a bad smell. * /A skunk smelled up our yard last night./ * /Mr. Brodsky s cigar smelled up the living room./ …
86smell the barn — verb To experience heightened anticipation or to act with renewed speed or energy as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome, like a livestock animal at days end returning to its barn. The horses smell the barn right now,… …
87smell-o-meter — noun That which registers the magnitude of odor. Perhaps the American Library Association should commission high tech wizards to develop a smell o meter which could standardize our judgments …
88smell a rat — verb To sense something suspicious. Oh, are you thereabouts, sir? then I smell a rat, i’faith; but Ill say nothing …
89smell of an oily rag — noun A very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money). We have found them in the remote corners of Asia Minor, sans souliers, sans culottes, often in rags, living on the smell of an oily rag or a raw onion, trying their best to… …
90smell-o-rama — noun A fictional name for technology that reproduces odor. Scoffers will duly scoff as they did at sound, color, and wide screen. On the other hand, Smellorama did not catch on most movies manage to smell without it …
