Choose the correct meaning for the idiom.

To smell a rat

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To suspect a trick

To detect a foul smell

To behave like a rat

To trust blindly

answer is A.

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The correct answer is: To suspect a trick.
To smell a rat is an expression that denotes suspicion, a sense that something is amiss, scepticism, etc. "Someone who is not trustworthy, suspicious, doubtful, to suspect that something bad is happening, etc." and "to suspect a trick" both define the same term. Option 1 provides the solution.

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